Military readiness: an exploration of the relationship between marksmanship and visual acuity.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Military personnel must remain physically active to meet operational requirements. Military physical training not only provides the performance capabilities required for performing occupational tasks but also fosters the development of sport. Thus, Armed Forces across the world have historically invested i...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Xavier R,Sánchez C,Paulucio D,da Silva IM,Velasque R,Nogueira FS,Ferrini LSG,Dornelas Ribeiro M,Serrato M,Alvarenga R,Pompeu FAMS,Santos CGM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis has been documented following transcolonic passage of bullets lodging in or near the vertebral column. It is becoming more recognized that foreign body missiles are not as sterile as was once thought--especially after passage through the gastrointestinal tract--and that this ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Miller BR,Schiller WR

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Service members (SMs) who are injured on deployment are at risk for myriad long-term health problems that may be ancillary to their physical injury, including high rates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, and poor health behaviors (e.g., problem drinking, cigarette and tobacco use, poor sleep...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： McCabe CT,Watrous JR,Galarneau MR

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the sources of Air Force (AF) Family Advocacy Program referrals (N = 42,389) for child and spouse maltreatment between 2000 and 2004. Sources of referrals were stable over time, with military sources accounting for the majority of both child and spouse referrals. Most (85%) of spouse maltre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Linkh DJ,Besetsny LK,Collins PS,Thomsen CJ,Rabenhorst MM,Rosenbaum A,Milner JS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Few studies have reported the amount of physical activity (PA) and its associations to physical performance of warfighters during military field training (MFT). The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in neuromuscular performance and PA among male Finnish Army conscripts during a 21-d MFT and ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ojanen T,Häkkinen K,Vasankari T,Kyröläinen H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the behavioral and psychological responses in a chemical environment is critical to individual health and unit functioning. Reports of incidents of acute nerve agent and other organophosphate exposures and of repeated low-dose toxic exposures can provide information about psychiatric symptomatology, perf...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fullerton CS,Ursano RJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate and consistent use of condom remains an effective approach to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) intervention. We analyzed the baseline data gathered for a situationally based HIV/AIDS intervention to assess the potential predictors of condom use among the Uniforme...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Essien EJ,Ogungbade GO,Kamiru HN,Ekong E,Ward D,Holmes L Jr

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Army Special Forces Medic, Military Occupational Specialty 18D, is a unique, enlisted, medical asset. The training of the 18D is demanding, lengthy, and selective. The 18D is trained to independently assess, and provide acute and long-term medical care for, a variety of medical conditions in support of the Sp...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Moloff AL,Bettencourt B

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between repeated exposure to blast overpressure and neurological function was examined in the context of breacher training at the U.S. Marine Corps Weapons Training Battalion Dynamic Entry School. During this training, Students are taught to apply explosive charges to achieve rapid ingress into secure...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Carr W,Stone JR,Walilko T,Young LA,Snook TL,Paggi ME,Tsao JW,Jankosky CJ,Parish RV,Ahlers ST

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Military Health Services System (MHSS) is undergoing major modifications brought about by the Department of Defense health care reform program (TRICARE), a dynamic, multi-dimensional reform initiative affecting health care delivery to eligible beneficiaries. Military managers of the MHSS are currently being impact...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Texidor MS,Lamar SR,Roberts BJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical imaging plays a critical role in the rapid diagnosis, effective triage, and management of complex poly-trauma patients. High-quality medical imaging can be accomplished successfully in a deployed or wartime setting. Due to advances in aggressive resuscitation techniques and the speed of the latest generation c...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ritter J,O'Brien S,Rivet D,Gibb I,Grimes J,Hinds S,Jessinger R,May T,Wirt M,Shackelford S,Adam O,York G,Ritchie B,Flores R,Stockinger Z

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent conflicts have contributed to an escalation in combat-related psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although technological advances have increased the speed from which battlefield injuries reach definitive care, mental health conditions have continued to rise. This study sought...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wilson CB,Harre J,Shaak T,Francis J,McLaughlin LD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many work to ensure that women veterans receive appropriate and timely health care, yet the needs of those living in rural areas are often ignored. This is a critical oversight given the multitude of reports documenting rural access problems and health disparities. Lacking this, we are unable to plan for and...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Brooks E,Dailey NK,Bair BD,Shore JH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old active duty E1 Nepalese male who recently emigrated from Nepal suddenly exhibited strange behaviors and mutism during Advanced Individual Training. After receiving care from a hospital near his unit, he was transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry for further evaluation and tre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Babikian S,Emerson L,Wynn GH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:To introduce a trabectome-initiated gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (TIGATT) procedure and to report preliminary results. Materials and Methods:A preliminary case series of eight patients who have undergone the newly proposed TIGATT procedure is presented. TIGATT is a new concept that modif...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Smith BL,Ellyson AC,Kim WI

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic insomnia is a common and debilitating disease that increases risk for significant morbidity and workplace difficulties. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line treatment, but there is a critical lack of behavioral health providers trained in CBT-I because, in part, of a ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Taylor DJ,Dietch JR,Pruiksma K,Calhoun CD,Milanak ME,Wardle-Pinkston S,Rheingold AA,Ruggiero KJ,Bunnell BE,Wilkerson AK

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the microbial causes of diarrheal disease among U.S. troops deployed near Alexandria, Egypt, during October 1995. Bacterial causes associated with 19 cases of diarrhea included: enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), 42% (21% heat-stable, 11% heat-labile, and 11% heat-stable/ heat-labile prod...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Oyofo BA,Peruski LF,Ismail TF,el-Etr SH,Churilla AM,Wasfy MO,Petruccelli BP,Gabriel ME

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The massive Department of Defense deployment in support of Hurricane Andrew relief cast the military medical departments in a new role. Military medical personnel were challenged to apply the traditional principles of combat medicine to a noncombat environment, within the continental United States, within an existing ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Holsenbeck LS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of rubella occurred among visiting German troops involved in a combined military exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in April 1995. Public health and military operational concerns centered on the significant contact the German soldiers had had with host battalion dependents and the impact of the outbre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Craig SC,Broughton G 2nd,Bean J,McKee KT Jr

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of the clinical nurse transition program (CNTP) for newly commissioned Army nurses. This is one of the first evaluations conducted to document the outcomes of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) transition-to practice residency program. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Oblea PN,Berry-Caban CS,Dumayas JY,Adams AR,Beltran TA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined potential changes in perceptions of therapeutic ("working") alliance during a child's initial diagnostic interview from the parent's perspective. The major study objective was to determine whether parental perceptions of alliance vary by group (video teleconferencing [VTC], face-to-face [FTF]) over...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Penska K,Michael R,Messer SC,Smith R,Black NB,Cozza S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on hearing thresholds, sound attenuation, and consonant discrimination of wearing a balaclava under hearing-protecting earmuffs were studied. This combination is commonly worn during cold weather military operations. One group of 20 normal-hearing adults (10 male and 10 female subjects) was tested. Within-...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Abel SM,Odell P

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Medical solider readiness processing (SRP) needed to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. We developed a rapid practice improvement project to allow for a hybrid virtual medical SRP/in-person medical SRP to decrease exposure risk. A retrospective review comparing this virtual SRP to a historical in-perso...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ramirez A,Owshalimpur D,Mount C,Schofield C

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to demonstrate the consistency of radiologists' three-dimensional measurements of simulated blast fragment locations in vitro in an effort to objectively localize retained fragments and wound paths. We designed a phantom consisting of 10 nail heads (simulating blast fragments) glued to wooden pegs that...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Folio L,Fischer T,Shogan PJ,Frew M,Bunger R,Provenzale JM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:In 2013, the U.S. Army Surgeon General implemented the Performance Triad (P3), an educational initiative to improve health-related behaviors of soldiers throughout the U.S. Army. The components of P3 are Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition with tenet behaviors for each component. This study reports the results ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hsu DP,Hansen SL,Roberts TA,Murray CK,Mysliwiec V

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is a high-stakes test required for entry to most U. S. medical schools; admissions committees use this test to predict future accomplishment. Although there is evidence that the MCAT predicts success on multiple choice-based assessments, there is little information ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Saguil A,Dong T,Gingerich RJ,Swygert K,LaRochelle JS,Artino AR Jr,Cruess DF,Durning SJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National smoking cessation guidelines include recommended strategies for providers and health care organizations, but they offer little guidance on how to structure care. We conducted a cross-sectional survey at 40 Veterans Health Administration facilities, to describe the structure of smoking cessation care, to asses...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Sherman SE,Joseph AM,Yano EM,Simon BF,Arikian N,Rubenstein LV,Parkerton P,Mittman BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal was to assess the prevalence of prescribed and nonprescribed medicine use, use predictors, and origin of medicines for Finnish female conscripts during their voluntary military service. METHODS:An anonymous mail survey was conducted in April 1999 among all Finnish female conscripts on duty. RESULTS...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Linden K,Jormanainen V,Pietilä K,Sahi T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Physical therapists (PTs) serve as physician extenders performing direct access evaluations for musculoskeletal conditions. The previous war-time mission of PTs was limited to level III medical care. Recently PTs began providing care at levels I/II with brigade combat teams (BCTs). PURPOSE:Determine the sen...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rhon DI,Gill N,Teyhen D,Scherer M,Goffar S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the case of a giant osteochondroma emanating from the L5 vertebral body and extending into the retroperitoneum of a 40-year-old man, causing low back pain. Osteochondromas are benign bony tumors that typically occur within the appendicular skeleton, although in the sporadic form, up to 4% occur in...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rymarczuk GN,Dirks MS,Whittaker DR,Neal CJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00