Injury and Fitness Outcomes During Implementation of Physical Readiness Training

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Injury and Fitness Outcomes During Implementation of Physical
Readiness Training


J. J. Knapik
K. G. Hauret
S. Arnold
M. Canham-Chervak
A. J. Mansfield
E. l. Hoedebecke
D. McMillian
US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine,Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD

This study examined injury and physical fitness outcomes in Basic Combat Training (BCT) during implementation of Physical Readiness Training (PRT). PRT is the U.S. Army’s emerging physical fitness training program. An experimental group (EG n = 1284), which implemented the PRT program, was compared to a control group (CG, n = 1296), which used a traditional BCT physical training program during the 9-week BCT cycle. Injury cases were obtained from recruit medical records and physical fitness was measured using the U.S. Army Physical Fitness Test (APFTc, onsisting of push-ups, sit -ups and a two-mile run). Injury rates were examined using Cox regression after controlled for initial group differences in demographics, fitness and other variables