Changes in physical performance during British Army Junior Entry, British Army Standard Entry and Royal Air Force Basic Training

Autor: C A Rue, S D Myers, S L Coakley, K M Ashdown, B J Lee, B J Hale, A G Siddall, S C Needham-Beck, K L Hinde, J I Osofa, F S Walker, A Fieldhouse, C A J Vine, J Doherty, T R Flood, E F Walker, S Wardle, J P Greeves, S D Blacker
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMJ Military Health. :e002285
ISSN: 2633-3775
2633-3767
DOI: 10.1136/military-2022-002285
Popis: IntroductionThe purpose was to quantify physical performance in men and women during British Army Junior Entry (Army-JE), British Army Standard Entry (Army-SE) and Royal Air Force (RAF) basic training (BT).DesignProspective longitudinal study.Methods381 participants ((339 men and 42 women) n=141 Army-JE, n=132 Army-SE, n=108 RAF) completed a 2 km run, medicine ball throw (MBT) and isometric mid-thigh pull (MTP), pre-BT and post-BT. To examine changes in pre-BT to post-BT physical test performance, for each course, paired Student t-test and Wilcoxon test were applied to normally and non-normally distributed data, respectively, with effect sizes reported as Cohen’s D and with rank biserial correlations, respectively. A one-way between-subjects analysis of variance (ANOVA) (or Welch ANOVA for non-normally distributed data) compared performance between quartiles based on test performance pre-BT. Where the main tests statistic, p value and effect sizes identified likely effect of quartile, post hoc comparisons were made using Games-Howell tests with Tukey’s p value. Data are presented as mean±SD, with statistical significance set at pResultsDuring BT, 2 km run time improved by 13±46 s (−2.1%±8.1%), 30±64 s (−4.8%±12.3%) and 24±27 s (−4.5%±5.1%) for Army-JE, Army-SE and RAF, respectively (all pConclusionsChanges in physical performance were observed for the three fitness tests following the different BT courses, and recruits with the lowest strength and aerobic fitness experienced greatest improvements.
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