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
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 722
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants With Injuries
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 25 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Recruits of the Swiss Army rescue training schools 75 2/2015 and 3/2015
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants With Injuries
Time Frame: During the basic military training (18 weeks)
All injuries which are registered in the patient's medical record are collected and classified. A classification system which takes into account anatomical site, circumstances of the accident, and severity of the injury is used.
Secondary Outcomes
- Questionnaire About Health and Physical Activities(Week 1 of the basic military training and 3 months after finishing the basic military training)
- Physical Fitness Measured With the Swiss Physical Fitness Test Battery (SPFTB)(Weeks 2, 10 and 16 of the basic military training)
- Attrition Rate(During the whole basic military training (18 weeks))
- Military Performance According to Military Marks(During the basic military training (18 weeks))
- Psychological Questionnaires(Weeks 2, 10 and 16 of the basic military training)