Reliability of military-relevant tests designed to assess soldier readiness for occupational and combat-related duties.
The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of military-relevant tests designed to assess soldier readiness. Forty-seven soldiers (46 men, 1 woman; 22 +/- 3 years; 80.4 +/- 11.7 kg) performed each of seven soldier readiness tests on four different occasions over the course of 8 weeks....
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 177; no. 6; pp. 663 - 669 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2012
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