caa a22 4500 606211179 CHVBK 20210128101036.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10926-014-9540-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10926-014-9540-7 Reported Load Carriage Injuries of the Australian Army Soldier [Elektronische Daten] [Robin Orr, Venerina Johnston, Julia Coyle, Rodney Pope] Introduction Many injuries experienced by soldiers can be attributed to the occupational loads they are required to carry. Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether contemporary military load carriage is a source of injuries to Australian Regular Army soldiers and to profile these injuries. Methods The Australian Defence Force ‘Occupational Health, Safety and Compensation Analysis and Reporting' database was searched to identify all reported injuries sustained during load carriage events. Key search terms were employed and narrative description fields were interrogated to increase data accuracy. Results A total of 1,954 injury records were extracted from the database. Of these, 404 injuries were attributed to load carriage. The majority of these load carriage injuries involved either the lower limb or back, with bones and joints accounting for the most frequently reported body structures to be injured. Field activities were the leading activities being performed at the time that load carriage injuries occurred, and muscular stress was identified as the mechanism of injury for over half of reported load carriage injuries. Conclusion This study suggests that load carriage is a substantial source of injury risk to Australian Army soldiers. Physical training may fail to adequately prepare soldiers for load carriage tasks during field training exercises. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Load carriage nationallicence Soldier nationallicence Injuries nationallicence Army nationallicence Orr Robin Bond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, 4226, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia aut Johnston Venerina The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Coyle Julia Charles Sturt University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut Pope Rodney Bond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, 4226, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia aut Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/2(2015-06-01), 316-322 1053-0487 25:2<316 2015 25 10926 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9540-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9540-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Orr Robin Bond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, 4226, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johnston Venerina The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Coyle Julia Charles Sturt University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pope Rodney Bond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, 4226, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/2(2015-06-01), 316-322 1053-0487 25:2<316 2015 25 10926