Enhancement of Physical and Combat Preparedness of SAF Members

NCT05216146 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0120-495/2021/6
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 856
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Regular and optimal fitness training has a positive effect on reducing risk or injury in addition to enhancing psychophysical and combat skills. On the other hand, excessive fitness training is one of the risk factors for injuries in soldiers. For this reason, it is necessary to establish a new system of the training process and regular monitoring of physical and combat readiness of the SAF with the help of scientific and professional methodology. The proposed research project will run for two years. The main goal of the project is to enhance physical and combat readiness and determine the epidemiology of injuries of members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF). Within this aim, we will also run a validation study aimed to improve existing testing batteries for armed forces.

Conditions

Physical Fitness; Combat Readiness; Injury Prevention; Validation of Testing Batteries

Keywords

Slovenian Army; Physical Fitness; Combat Preparedness; Strength and Conditioning practice; Health; Injury prevention; Validation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT)

  ACFT is testing battery used for the evaluation of physical and combat qualities of armed forces

  75 minutes

• Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (MCCFT)

  MCCFT is testing battery used for the evaluation of combat qualities of armed forces

  4 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Injury occurrence

  5 minutes

• D2 test

  5 minutes

• Stroop test

  2 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Specially designed program for physical fitness enhancement

Other: Strength and Conditioning

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A regular program of physical exercise

Other: Strength and Conditioning

Interventions

Strength and Conditioning OTHER

A specially designed strength and conditioning program will be delivered for a period of 6 months from the experienced strength and conditioning coaches. The program will consist of the basic aerobic and anaerobic exercises that could be practiced without additional equipment and with own body weight.

Also known as: Strength and Conditioning programme

Control; Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Members of Slovenian Armed Forces with no acute and/or chronic neuromuscular and skeletal injuries and/or any other chronic disease or conditions.

You may not qualify if:

• older than 45 years of age
• acute and/or chronic neuromuscular and skeletal injuries
• the existence of any chronic disease or condition

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Ljubljana: lead
• Science and Research Centre Koper: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Sport

Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1000, Slovenia

Location

Study Officials

• Janez Paravlic, PhD

  Faculty of Sport

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Armin Paravlic, PhD

  Faculty of Sport and Science and Research Centre Koper

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: All subjects except the main investigator will be blinded for group allocation and physical training program, including coaches (care provider), soldiers (participants) and outcomes assessors.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 18, 2022
• First Posted: January 31, 2022
• Study Start: November 17, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2023
• Study Completion: October 31, 2023
• Last Updated: November 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SL (1)