PMID- 31004433
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200630
LR  - 20200630
IS  - 1930-613X (Electronic)
IS  - 0026-4075 (Linking)
VI  - 184
IP  - 11-12
DP  - 2019 Dec 1
TI  - Factors Affecting Performance on an Army Urban Operation Casualty Evacuation for 
      Male and Female Soldiers.
PG  - e856-e862
LID - 10.1093/milmed/usz075 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: This study was conducted to determine what physical and 
      physiological characteristics contribute to the performance of an urban operation 
      casualty evacuation (UO) and its predictive test, FORCE combat (FC) and describe 
      the metabolic demand of the UO in female soldiers. METHODS: Seventeen military 
      members (9 M and 8 F) completed a loaded walking maximal aerobic test, the UO and 
      FC. Heart rate reserve (HRR) and completion time were used as 
      efficiency/performance measures. Oxygen consumption (VO2) was directly measured 
      for UO on five female participants with a portable indirect calorimetry system, 
      and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Stepwise multiple regression analysis 
      was used to determine the contribution of the non-modifiable (age, sex, height) 
      and modifiable characteristics (lean body mass to dead mass ratio (LBM:DM), 
      VO2max corrected for load (L.VO2max), peak force (PF) measured on an isometric 
      mid-thigh pull (IMTP) and medicine ball chest throw distance (Dist) on to the 
      performance of each exercise. RESULTS: LBM:DM and PF were the only factors 
      included in the stepwise regression model for UO, predicting 70% of UO 
      performance (p < 0.01). For FC, L.VO2max only was included in the stepwise 
      regression model predicting 54% of FC performance (p < 0.01). Sex, age and height 
      were not included in the regression model. The average metabolic cost of UO was 
      21.4 mL of O2*kg-1*min-1 in female soldiers while wearing PPE. CONCLUSION: This 
      study showed that modifiable factors such as body composition, PF on IMTP and 
      L.VO2max are key contributors to performance on UO and FC performance.
CI  - (c) Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2019. All rights 
      reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
FAU - Chasse, Etienne
AU  - Chasse E
AD  - Human Performance Research and Development, Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare 
      Services, Department of National Defence, 4210 Labelle Street, On.K1J 1J8, 
      Canada.
FAU - Tingelstad, Hans Christian
AU  - Tingelstad HC
AD  - Human Performance Research and Development, Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare 
      Services, Department of National Defence, 4210 Labelle Street, On.K1J 1J8, 
      Canada.
FAU - Needham-Beck, Sarah C
AU  - Needham-Beck SC
AD  - Occupational Performance Research Group, Institute of Sport, University of 
      Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, P019 6PE, UK.
FAU - Reilly, Tara
AU  - Reilly T
AD  - Human Performance Research and Development, Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare 
      Services, Department of National Defence, 4210 Labelle Street, On.K1J 1J8, 
      Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Mil Med
JT  - Military medicine
JID - 2984771R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Calorimetry/instrumentation/methods
MH  - Exercise/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Military Personnel/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Nova Scotia
MH  - Oxygen Consumption/physiology
MH  - *Physical Functional Performance
MH  - Urban Population/statistics & numerical data
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Military personnel
OT  - body composition
OT  - cardiorespiratory fitness
OT  - female
OT  - muscle strength
OT  - oxygen consumption
EDAT- 2019/04/21 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/01 06:00
CRDT- 2019/04/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/01/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/04/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/04/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 5475542 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/milmed/usz075 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mil Med. 2019 Dec 1;184(11-12):e856-e862. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usz075.