Health-Related Fitness in the Royal Netherlands Army

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Abstract:

Physical fitness is often divided up into skill-related fitness and health-related fitness. Health-related fitness in its turn is often subdivided into three components that together determine overall health status cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness, and body composition. For military personnel, HRF can be seen as the foundation on which general fitness, task-specific fitness, and, eventually, physical preparedness for unit missions can be built. Moreover, a sufficient level of health-related fitness is a prerequisite to prevent from disease. Two of the main health-related fitness issues that the Royal Netherlands Army is currently dealing with are musculoskeletal injuries and lifestyle-related health problems. Research efforts, intervention activities, and policies within the Dutch Army on each of these two issues are reviewed and exemplified in this paper.

Author(s):
Helmhout, Pieter H.
Author Organization(s):
ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY UTRECHT
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
See also ADA562561. RTO-MP-HFM-181 Human Performance Enhancement for NATO Military Operations (Science, Technology and Ethics) (Amelioration des performances humaines dans les operations militaires de l'OTAN (Science, Technologie et Ethique)). RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Symposium held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 5-7 October 2009., The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0012

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release, Nato
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited. Nato.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
RNLA/NL
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.4.2_Health Service Delivery; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.1.1_Global Force Management
Modernization Areas:
Cyber
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*PHYSICAL FITNESS, ARMY PERSONNEL, HEALTH, MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM, NETHERLANDS, POLICIES, WOUNDS AND INJURIES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Personnel Management and Labor Relations, Anatomy and Physiology, Medicine and Medical Research
Keyword(s):
FOREIGN REPORTS, LIFESTYLE, NATO FURNISHED
Report Date:
2009 Oct 01
Creation Date:
2013 Jan 23