Open AccessSubjective Skeletal Discomfort Measured Using a Comfort Questionnaire Following a Load Carriage Exercise
Author(s) -
Stewart Birrell,
Roger Haslam
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.7205/milmed-d-58-7308
Subject(s) - medicine , carriage , physical therapy , military personnel , foot (prosody) , military medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , political science , law
Limited research has been conducted into the effect of load carriage on discomfort and injuries. This study aimed to determine the skeletal discomfort for part-time soldiers who completed a 1-hour field march carrying 24 kg.