Naval Special Warfare Sports Medicine Conference Proceedings, Held in Coronado,California on 4-6 May 94

摘要

The first Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Sports Medicine Conference, held 4-6 May1994, was initiated as a Naval Health Research Center research project in collaboration with the Department of Sports Medicine, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. The Conference was convened to review the NSW calisthenic program and identify exercises that were likely to cause injury. Representatives from the United States Olympic Committee, San Diego State University, United States Air Force Academy, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, San Diego Children's Hospital, and Applied Futuristic 5 composed an expert panel of sports medicine and exercise science specialists. Panel members reviewed NSW calisthenics and provided recommendations to improve both the safety and quality of NSW physical training. This document is an edited transcript of the 3-day Conference. It includes: a section on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries among NSW candidates and SEAL operators; a narrative of the panel's review of NSW calisthenics; recommendations on stretching, conditioning, and injury-prevention; and the panel's general recommendations regarding strength and conditioning programs.