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The purpose of this investigation was examining the effect of six month deployment to Afghanistan on the measures of physical fitness of Croatian professional soldiers. A sample of 59 members of the Croatian Armed Forces (CAF) deployed to ISAF mission in Afghanistan was measured before and after a 6 months deployment. Physical fitness measurements included 7 motor tests for the assessment of coordination, agility, jumping power, sprinting power, flexibility, repetitive abdominal and upper body strength, and 2 functional tests for the assessment of aerobic and anaerobic endurance. All tested motor and functional abilities, except flexibility and VO2max, were decreased postdeployment. Significant decreases (p |
