Survey of musculoskeletal injuries, prehike conditioning, and on-trail injury prevention strategies self-reported by long-distance hikers on the Appalachian Trail - Chrusch A, Kavin M.

INTRODUCTION: Studies show that 40 to 60% of long-distance hikers on the Appalachian Trail experience musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries, but these studies are over a decade old. The increasing popularity of hiking and injury prevention advances warrant re-eva...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news