Title: Body composition and physical performance : applications for the military services /
Authors: Grumstrup-Scott, Judith.; Marriott, Bernadette M.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.).; Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
Publisher: National Academy Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Exercise Physiological aspects; Body composition.; Soldiers Physiology.; Exercise physiology; Body Composition; Military Personnel; Physical Fitness; Reference Standards; United States; United States Armed Forces Physical training.
Contents: Body composition and military performance: origins of the army standards / Karl E. Friedl -- Body composition in the military services: standards and methods / James A. Hodgdon -- Effects of experimental alterations in excess weight on physiological responses to exercise and physical performance / Kirk J. Cureton -- Army data: body composition and physical capacity / James A. Vogel and Karl E. Friedl -- Relationship of body size and composition to the performance of physically demanding military tasks / Everett A. Harman and Peter N. Frykman -- New approaches to body composition evaluation and some relationships to dynamic muscular strength / Frank I. Katch -- Associations among body composition, physical fitness, and injury in men and women army trainees / Bruce H. Jones, Matthew W. Bovee and Joseph J. Knapik -- Body composition, morbidity, and mortality / William Cameron Chumlea and Richard N. Baumgartner -- Critique of the military's approach to body composition assessment and evaluation / Henry C. Lukaski -- Body composition and performance in relation to environment / Roy J. Shephard -- Sex differences and ethnic/racial differences in body size and body composition / Stanley M. Garn -- Body composition measurement: accuracy, validity, and comparability / Joel A. Grinker.