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Musculoskeletal Injury In Military Special Operations Forces: A Systematic Review, Joanne Stannard, L. Fortington
Musculoskeletal Injury In Military Special Operations Forces: A Systematic Review, Joanne Stannard, L. Fortington
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction: Special Operations Forces conduct military activities using specialised and unconventional techniques that offer a unique and complementary capability to conventional forces. These activities expose Special Operations Forces personnel to different injury risks in comparison with personnel in the conventional forces. Consequently, different injury patterns are expected in this population. The purpose of this research is to establish high-level evidence informing what is known about musculoskeletal injury epidemiology in Special Operations Forces. Methods: A systematic review was conducted using three online databases to identify …