Clinical trial NCT02570295: Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training
Official title: Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training - An Intervention Study Investigating the Influence of the Swiss Armed Forces' New Sport Concept on Physical and Psychological Parameters of the Recruits
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Wounds and Injuries
Physical Activity
Mood (Psychological Function)
Motivation
Motor Activity
Keywords: Army
Sport
Physical Fitness
Injuries
Psychological Tests
Attrition
Lead sponsor: Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
Collaborators: name: Swiss Armed Forces
First posted: 2015-10-07
Enrollment: 722
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether the new sport concept of the Swiss Armed Forces influences the physical and psychological fitness of the recruits.

Detailed description: The physical and psychological demands in the Swiss Army basic military service are high. Injury incidences in Swiss Army training schools are higher than in armed forces of other countries.There is evidence that progressive loading of physical demands at the beginning of basic military service and specific physical training can reduce injury incidences and attrition rates. A new sport concept by the Swiss Army takes into account these results of previous studies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the influences of this new sport concept on the physical and psychological fitness as well as on the injury and attrition rates of the recruits.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Recruits of the Swiss Army rescue training schools 75 2/2015 and 3/2015

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Participants With Injuries
timeFrame: During the basic military training (18 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical Fitness Measured With the Swiss Physical Fitness Test Battery (SPFTB)
timeFrame: Weeks 2, 10 and 16 of the basic military training
measure: Psychological Questionnaires
timeFrame: Weeks 2, 10 and 16 of the basic military training
measure: Military Performance According to Military Marks
timeFrame: During the basic military training (18 weeks)
measure: Questionnaire About Health and Physical Activities
timeFrame: Week 1 of the basic military training and 3 months after finishing the basic military training
measure: Attrition Rate
timeFrame: During the whole basic military training (18 weeks)
Other outcomes:
measure: Questionnaire About Sport Lessons
timeFrame: During the whole basic military training (18 weeks)
measure: Daily Energy Expenditure
timeFrame: Weeks 2 - 9 of the basic military training
measure: Daily Distance Covered on Foot
timeFrame: Weeks 2 - 9 of the basic military training
Locations:
city: Wangen an der Aare
country: Switzerland
facility: Casern of the Swiss Army rescue training school 75
state: Bern
Study officials:
affiliation: Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen
name: Thomas Wyss, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Roos L, Boesch M, Sefidan S, Frey F, Mader U, Annen H, Wyss T. Adapted marching distances and physical training decrease recruits' injuries and attrition. Mil Med. 2015 Mar;180(3):329-36. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00184.
citation: Wyss T, Roos L, Hofstetter MC, Frey F, Mader U. Impact of training patterns on injury incidences in 12 Swiss Army basic military training schools. Mil Med. 2014 Jan;179(1):49-55. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00289.
citation: Hofstetter MC, Mader U, Wyss T. Effects of a 7-week outdoor circuit training program on Swiss Army recruits. J Strength Cond Res. 2012 Dec;26(12):3418-25. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318245bebe.
citation: Wyss T, Mader U. Energy expenditure estimation during daily military routine with body-fixed sensors. Mil Med. 2011 May;176(5):494-9. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-10-00376.
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