@article{ref1,
title="Profiles of musculoskeletal injuries among Greek Army officer cadets during basic combat training",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2011",
author="Havenetidis, Konstantinos and Kardaris, Dionysios and Paxinos, Thrasivoulos",
volume="176",
number="3",
pages="297-303",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Injury prevalence and types of injury were recorded among Greek Army officer cadets during basic combat training (BCT). METHODS: Two hundred thirty-three male recruits from the Hellenic Army Academy were monitored for musculoskeletal injuries during a 7-week BCT period. RESULTS: Sixty-six (28.3%) recruits suffered from some form of injury, leading to 1.22 training days lost per study recruit. More than half of the injuries (51.3%) occurred in the first 2 weeks of the BCT, with ankle/foot strains and sprains being the most common injuries. CONCLUSION: Despite the absence of fractures and the low number of upper extremity injuries during the BCT, injury prevalence was high, with ankle- and foot-related injuries to be responsible for a long period of lost training days. Preventive efforts should focus on addressing the high rate of first-time and recurrent ankle ligament sprains and possible protective equipment to limit their frequency and severity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}