Key result
Basic training among U.S. Marine recruits was associated with a training-related injury rate of 19.9 per 100 recruit-months, with iliotibial band syndrome being the most frequent.
Observational
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Soft-tissue and musculoskeletal injuries occur at a high rate among Marine recruits during basic training, with iliotibial band syndrome being the most frequent.
Alerts clinicians to high recruit injury burden; leaves open prospective prevention trials.
We determined the incidence of soft-tissue/musculoskeletal injury occurring during 8,076 recruit-months at risk among recruits undergoing basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, between January and April 1990. We analyzed International Classification of Disease codes relating to initial visit for injuries, and calculated recruit-months from weekly strength figures. Training-related injuries occurred at a rate of 19.9 injuries per 100 recruit-months. Within the sports medicine clinic, iliotibial band syndrome (22.4%), patellar tendinitis (15.1%), and mechanical low back pain (11.4%) occurred most frequently, with rates per 100 recruit-months of 2.1, 1.4, and 1.1, respectively.
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Linenger et al. (1992) conducted an observational in Soft-tissue/musculoskeletal injury. Basic training was evaluated on Incidence of training-related injuries. Basic training among U.S. Marine recruits was associated with a training-related injury rate of 19.9 per 100 recruit-months, with iliotibial band syndrome being the most frequent.
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