Open AccessModeling the Metabolic Costs of Heavy Military Backpacking
Author(s) -
David P. Looney,
Elizabeth M. Lavoie,
Sai V. Vangala,
Lucas Holden,
Peter S. Figueiredo,
Karl E. Friedl,
Peter Frykman,
Jason W. Hancock,
Scott J. Montain,
J. Luke Pryor,
William R. Santee,
Adam W. Potter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002833
Subject(s) - confidence interval , statistics , mathematics , backpack , demography , metabolic equivalent , equivalence (formal languages) , mean difference , basal metabolic rate , concordance correlation coefficient , medicine , zoology , biology , physical activity , engineering , physical therapy , structural engineering , discrete mathematics , sociology
Existing predictive equations underestimate the metabolic costs of heavy military load carriage. Metabolic costs are specific to each type of military equipment, and backpack loads often impose the most sustained burden on the dismounted warfighter.