Evaluation of the Army Physical Training and Weight Control Programs. Part 1. The Army Medical Department Officer Advanced Course

摘要

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of physical training and weight control programs as experienced by AMEDD soldiers from a variety of duty stations, and to assess AMEDD impacts on these efforts. Measures of strength, stamina, and body fat percentage were collected, and a survey instrument covering lifestyle, nature of fitness program to which exposed, injury information, and attitudes towards fitness issues was administered. This study: (1) assessed the relationship among exercise history, demographic variables, lifestyle, body fat level, attitudes, and fitness; (2) assessed the impact of institutional support for physical training programs on attitudes, exercise history, and fitness; (3) assessed the relationship among types of program, intensity of program, equipment employed, adequacy of facilities and injury rate; (4) assessed the relationship among injuries, profiles, exercise history and fitness; (5) assessed the relative impact of the AMEDD on fitness and weight control efforts; and (6) assessed the effectiveness of weight control efforts as experienced by AMEDD personnel.