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Editorial
. 2024 Jul 24;170(4):283-286.
doi: 10.1136/military-2023-002508.

How 'STRONG' is the British Army?

Peter Ladlow  1 , C Suffield  2 , J P Greeves  3 , P Comfort  4   5 , J Hughes  6 , R P Cassidy  7 , A N Bennett  7 , R J Coppack  7
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Editorial

How 'STRONG' is the British Army?

Peter Ladlow et al. BMJ Mil Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: OCCUPATIONAL & INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SPORTS MEDICINE.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Portable force plate assessments: (A) The isometric mid-thigh pull; (B) Bottom position of the countermovement jump and (C) Top position of the countermovement jump.
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An example visualisation of how data derived from the SCR, IMTP and CMJ will be communicated to UK Defence at the end of the study; based on (A) job role (GCC and non-GCC), and (B) sex (men and women). Inspired by McMahon et al. CMJ, countermovement jump; GCC, ground close combat; IMTP, isometric mid-thigh pull; SCR, soldier conditioning review.
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