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Putting your best weighted foot forward: Reviewing lower extremity injuries by sex in weighted military marching

Published:2023-02-01 Issue:1 Volume:9 Page:15-24
ISSN:2368-7924
Container-title:Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health

Author:

McNairn Jacinta¹,Tait Justin²,Harlow Madeline³,Yang Peter⁴,Beaudette Brian⁵,Dhillon Paul⁶

Affiliation:

1. Canadian Forces Health Services Group (Atlantic), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2. Department of Family Medicine, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

3. Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

4. Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

5. Canadian Armed Forces, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

6. 12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance, Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract

LAY SUMMARY International marching events, such as the Nijmegen Marches, have a prominent place in Canadian military history, and participation continues today. In the Dutch military, the load carriage requirements previously differed by sex, with men carrying 10 kilograms during the march and women carrying no weight. The Canadian delegation requires both male and female participants to carry 10 kilograms. This article examines the effect of this policy on possible injuries using a Gender-based Analysis Plus lens. Weight carriage should focus on anthropometric factors, not sex, which will allow for appropriate and equal increased stresses (weight) for march participants while minimizing injuries.

Publisher

University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://jmvfh.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0114

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