Retrospective and Cross-sectional Analysis of Physical Training-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries in Slovenian Armed Forces.

Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive analysis of MSI among SAF members showing that the currently used injury surveillance system in SAF, that reports only the prevalence of time-loss injuries (4.9%), is probably underestimating the true and overall MSI prevalence (48.8%) in SAF members, suggesting a need for a better injury registration process. Based on the most frequent injury locations, preventive measures in SAF should focus on knee and ankle injuries in males with previous lower limb injuries. A best preventive approach would probably be to train smarter and harder to develop the physical capability to better protect against those injuries. PMID: 29982738 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research