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Table 11 Summary of studies that focused on running shoes, participation in sports before military service, time available and participation rate in physical training, personal non-military training, unit training, training program content, and site as risk factors for MSkI

From: Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in the military: a qualitative systematic review of the literature from the past two decades and a new prioritizing injury model

Study

Publication year

Country

Branches

Unit/training

Study type

n

Risk factor*

Running shoes

       

 Helton [198]

2019

USA

Military Academy

Cadets

P

827

No

Participation in sport before military service (no or low)

       

 Canham-Chervak [52]

2006

USA

Army

Recruits

P

1156 M, 746 f

Yes

 Dash [66]

2012

India

Army

Recruits

P

8570

Yes

 Finestone [112]

2011

Israel

Army

Elite Infantry soldier

P

77 M

Yes (only for ball sports)

 Garnock [113]

2018

Australia

Navy

Recruits

P

95 M, 39 F

No (running)

 Kelly [80]

2000

USA

Navy

Recruits BCT

R

86 F

No (F)

 Knapik [82]

2013

USA

Army

Army military police training

P

1838 M, 553 F

Yes

 Knapik [116]

2013

USA

Army

Combat engineer enlisted trainees

P

1633

Yes

 Knapik [85]

2001

USA

Army

Recruits

P

182 M, 168 F

No

 Knapik [87]

2008

USA

Army

Recruits BCT

P

2147 M, 920 F

Yes (M), no (F)

 Knapik [88]

2009

USA

Marines

Recruits BCT

P

840 M, 571 F

Yes (M), no (F)

 Lappe [55]

2005

USA

Army

Recruits BCT

R

4139 F

Yes (F)

 Lappe [56]

2001

USA

Army

Recruits BCT

P

3758 F

Yes (F)

 Lisman [118]

2013

USA

Marines

Officer candidate training

P

874

Yes

 Monnier [119]

2019

Sweden

Marines

Training course

P

48 M, 5 F

No

 Pihlajamäki [93]

2019

Finland

n/a

Full duty

R

4029 M

Yes (M)

 Rauh [186]

2006

USA

Marines

 

P

824 F

Yes (F)

 Rosendal [187]

2003

Denmark

n/a

Conscripts BCT

P

330

Yes

 Sanchez-Santos [65]

2017

UK

Marines

Recruits

P

1082 M

Yes (M) (invers)

 Scheinowitz [101]

2017

Israel

Army

Recruits

P

350 F

No (F)

 Scott [122]

2015

USA

Army

Reserve Officer Training

R

165 M, 30 F

No

 Taanila [104]

2015

Finland

Army

Conscripts

P

1411 M

Yes (M)

 Trone [105]

2014

USA

Marine Corp

Air Force

Army

Recruits BCT

R

900 M, 597 F

Yes

 Wang [106]

2003

China

n/a

Military Police Forces Training

R

805 M

Yes (M)

 Zhao [108]

2016

China

Army

Recruits

P

1398 M

Yes (M)

Time available for taking part in physical training (low)

       

 Knapik [86]

2008

USA

Army

Paratrooper training

R

1677

No

 Wyss [68]

2014

Switzerland

Army

Recruits BCT

P

1676

Yes

Participation rate in physical training (low)

       

 Knapik [84]

2007

USA

Army

Band

R

159 M, 46 F

Yes

 Martin [184]

2018

USA

Army

Light Infantry division

R

6865

Yes

 Roy [133]

2012

USA

Army

Brigade Combat Team#

P

246 M, 17 F

No

 Roy [121]

2014

USA

Army

Active duty

R

625 F

Yes (F)

 Scott [122]

2015

USA

Army

Reserve Officer Training

R

165 M, 30 F

No

 Wilkinson [60]

2009

UK

Army

Infantry

P

660

No

Personal non-military training (high amounts)

       

 George [114]

2012

USA

Army

Combat medics

P

1230

No

 Grier [78]

2017

USA

Army

Infantry brigade

R

4236 M

Yes (M) (invers)

 Lisman [118]

2013

USA

Marines

Officer candidate training

P

874

No

 Moran [62]

2012

Israel

Army

Recruits of elite combat unit

P

116

Yes

 Rappole [132]

2018

USA

Army

Active duty

R

368 F

Yes (F) (invers)

 Shaffer [109]

2006

USA

Marines

Recruits BCT

R

2962 F

Yes (F)

 Taanila [59]

2012

Finland

Army

Conscripts

P

982 M

No (M)

 Wyss [68]

2014

Switzerland

Army

Recruits BCT

P

1676

Yes

Unit training (high amounts)

       

 Grier [78]

2017

USA

Army

Infatery brigades

R

4236 M

Yes (M)

 Knapik [199]

2011

USA

Army

Recruits BCT

P

2072

Yes

 Lauder [90]

2000

USA

Army

Active duty

P

230 (F)

Yes (F)

 Lisman [118]

2013

USA

Marines

Officer candidate training

P

874

No

 Moran [149]

2013

Israel

Army

Recruits

P

44

Yes

 Nye [151]

2016

USA

Air Force

Recruits BCT

R

67,525

Yes

 Roos [99]

2015

Switzerland

Army

Recruits

P

651 M

Yes (M)

 Roy [177]

2012

USA

Army

Brigade Combat Team

R

593

No

 Schuh [200]

2017

USA

Army

Infantry soldiers

R

831

Yes

 Scott [122]

2015

USA

Army

Reserve Officer Training

R

165 M, 30 F

Yes

 Wang [106]

2003

China

n/a

Military Police Forces Training

R

805 M

No (M)

Training program content

       

 Knapik [201]

2005

USA

Army

Recruits BCT

P

1142 M, 825 F

Yes

 Kovcan [67]

2019

Slovenia

Army

Infantry, active duty

R

118 M, 11 F

No

 Rappole [132]

2018

USA

Army

Active duty

R

368 F

Yes1

 Waterman [165]

2010

USA

Military Academy Students

 

R

10,511 person years

Yes

Training site

       

 Blacker [161]

2008

UK

Army

Recruits

R

11,937 M, 1480 F

Yes

 Givon [61]

2000

Israel

n/a

 

P

2306 M

No (M)

 Grier [79]

2010

USA

Multiple

 

R

24,177 M

Yes (M)

 Jones [33]

2008

USA

Army

Ordinance school students

P

n/a

Yes

 Schneider [58]

2000

USA

Army

Airborne Div

R

1214

No

 Wilkinson [60]

2009

UK

Army

Infantry

P

660

No

  1. BCT basis combat training; n/a not available; R retrospective study; P prospective study; M male; F female; (M) risk factor only for males; (F) risk factor only for females
  2. #Deployment; 1Unit resistance training was associated with higher risk of MSkI; *Risk factor for musculoskeletal injuries (MSkI)