Evaluation of the Performance of Females as Light Infantry Soldiers

BioMed Research International - Tập 2014 - Trang 1-7 - 2014
Aharon S. Finestone1,2, Charles Milgrom3, Ran Yanovich2, Rachael A. Evans4, Naama Constantini3, Daniel S. Moran5,2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin & Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
2Israel Defense Forces Institute of Military Physiology and Heller Institute of Medical Research, Haim Sheba Medical Center, Military P.O. Box 02149, 52621 Ramat Gan, Israel
3Hebrew University Medical School, Ein Kerem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
4Bone Health Research Program, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Military Performance Division, Natick, MA 01760, USA
5Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel

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A few countries permit women to serve in combat roles, but their long term performance in these positions has not been reported. The incidences of overuse injuries and attrition of 85 male and 235 female recruits in a light infantry brigade was followed in a three-year prospective study. Females were shorter (162 cm, CI 161–163 cm) than males (174 cm, CI 173–176), had more body fat (18.9 kg, CI 18.2–19.6 kg) than males (12.6 kg, 11.3–13.8 kg), had lowerV˙O2max (36.8 mL·min−1·kg−1, CI 35.8–37.78 mL·min−1·kg−1) than males (50.48 mL·min−1·kg−1, CI 48.4 to 52.48 mL·min−1·kg−1), had more stress fractures (21.0%, 95% CI 16.2–26.5%) than males (2.3%, CI 0.3–8.2%), and had more anterior knee pain (41.2%, CI 34.9–47.7%) than males (24.7%, CI 16.0–35.2%). Three-year attrition was 28% CI 22–34% for females and 37% CI 26–48% for males. The females in this study successfully served as light infantry soldiers. Their lower fitness and high incidence of overuse injuries might impede service as regular infantry soldiers.

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