
ACSM Military & Tactical Athlete Interest Group
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17-02-2016 22:58:29
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The latest from our group Naval Health Research Center. #Military personnel with combat-related #concussion frequently have thoracic and lumbar injuries, especially when +LOC. Routine assessment is recommended during concussion screening. Defense Health Agency Navy Medicine journals.lww.com/headtraumareha…

🔥 off the press! Congrats to members of our Research flight, who recently published an article, "Force plate vertical jump scans are not a valid proxy for physical fitness in US special warfare trainees." Read the full article here: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… USAF PT AF Special Warfare Training Wing



This is an interesting biomarker; I wonder if proinflammatory cytokines correlate with fatigue in non-military populations? Shawn M. Arent, PhD Dr. Myohead ACSM Military & Tactical Athlete Interest Group pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35574470/


Hot off the press. Our study assessing the burden of neuromusculoskeletal injury, limited duty, and long-term disability in U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines personnel is now published ahead of print in #MilitaryMedicine. Navy Medicine Military Health System doi.org/10.1093/milmed…

ICYMI, the following are the slides presented this morning at #SOMOS2022 in Scottsdale, AZ. Naval Health Research Center BalboaOrtho #orthotwitter #sportsmed Macrotraumatic fractures of the multisegmented ankle-foot complex in military tactical athletes: A cohort study. doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig…

We have a fully-funded PhD in Rehab & Health Sciences position in UK SMRI focused on occupational health & safety in Athletic Training. Interested in clinical practice & research to address musculoskeletal injuries in firefighters? Come join our team! Nick Heebner Johanna Hoch

We found that Soldiers can gain bone in just 8 weeks — the postnatal skeleton CAN respond to mechanical loading after all 😉. Awesome work by Julie Hughes Kristy Popp USARIEM

Just published in Qual Life Res. Our study assessing long term health-related quality of life in #tacticalathletes with #concussion incurred during deployment is available open access. Naval Health Research Center Military Health System doi.org/10.1007/s11136…


Great discussion by many international stakeholders! A lot of work to do Military Health System Defense Health Agency Rich Westrick John J. Fraser, DPT, PhD, FACSM Deydre Teyhen


Summary paper from our symposium session at MQ Military Biomarkers Conference BioPPEx Research Group - Current risks factors and emerging biomarkers for bone stress injuries in military personnel Julie Greeves OBE - 🏴 Belinda Beck sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#ACSM23 has a lot of great content about skeletal muscle, bone, and connective tissue! Check out these sessions highlighted by Gordon Fisher, PhD on the ACSM blog: fal.cn/3xYQ1


Great to see John J. Fraser, DPT, PhD, FACSM today at the 2023 Total Force Fitness Summit #goArmybeatNavy


Dr. Eric Ryan is seeking a postdoc to join MOTION Science @ UNC. Funded position involving: first responder health & injury prevention, worksite exercise implementation, neuromuscular determinants of performance. Please RT! UNC Human Movement Details: tinyurl.com/4yb2srw8



#ACSM2023 is only a week away - check out our #STAIRSLab presentations on Wednesday - Friday! Nathan Edwards, PhD Dr. Carly R. Smith, PT, DPT Carly McPherson will be waiting to answer your questions. Jimmy O Ohio State Chronic Brain Injury Program OSU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences OSU Human Performance Collaborative CDMRP NICHD News American College of Sports Medicine ACSM Military & Tactical Athlete Interest Group ACSM_BIG


Dr Doug Jones, head of the Warfighter Performance Thermal Lab Naval Health Research Center, and team presented some of their work on cold weather training and hypothermia in military tactical athletes at #ACSM23. Lots of interest in this topic.

