Army Injury Prevention Factsheets and Training Products

The factsheets are scientific referenceable 'summaries' of topics - key source references are noted in the factsheets, and others are in the technical references section of this injury prevention webpage. Educational briefings and social media articles also represent approved DCPH-A​ position and recommendations. Since individual studies can suggest different viewpoints, users are encouraged to contact us with any questions.

Factsheets​

• Installation Sold​​ier Injury Factsheet (May 2022)
  
• Installation Civilian Injury Factsheet (May 2022)​​
  
• Foot Marching and Load-Carriage Injuries Factsheet (May 2022)​​
• Fall-Related Injuries Factsheet (May 2022)​​​
  
• Motorcycle-Related Injuries Facts​heet (Feb 2022)
  
• Privately-Owned Vehicle-Relat​ed Injuries Factsheet (Feb 2022)
  
• Mouthguards Factsheet (Mar 2021)
  
• Heat Illness Prevention Factsheet (Jun 2021)
  
• Cold Weather Injury Prevention Factsheet (​Jun 2021)​
• Weight-Training: Dead Lift Injuries Factsheet (​Nov 2019)
  
• Weight-Training: Bench Press Injuries Factsheet (​Nov 2019)
  
• Weight-Training: Squat Injuries Factsheet (​Nov 2019)​
  
• Training-Related Injuries Factsheet ​(​Mar 2019)​
  
• Military Women Injury Prevention Factsheet (Mar 2019)
  
• Body Mass Index (BMI) Factsheet (Apr 2018)
  
• Musculoskeletal Injuries Factsheet (Apr 2017)
  
• Parachuting Injuries Factsheet (Nov 2015)
  
• Blister Prevention Factsheet (Sep 2015)
  

Training Slides

• Explanation of Common Injury Causes in Surveillance (under revision, Dec 2020)
• Cold Weather Injuries: Prevention, Identification and Treatment
• Heat Illness Risk Management for Unit/Installation Training

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Social Media & Journal Articles

• Slips trips and falls - leading reported causes of injuries among military​ (Sep 2023)​ 
• Keep fit through regular exercise to fight fat as you age​ (Jun 2023) 
• Military health experts highlight need for U.S. youth to maintain healthy weight​ (Apr 2023)
• Service members need to remember signs, symptoms of heat illness as weather warms​ (Mar 2023)
  
• Military recognizes importance of sleep, investigates use of alternative treatment device for sleep apnea (Mar 2023)
  
• Military public health experts provide tips for leaders to improve medical readiness​ (Jan 2023)
  
• ​Army experts track injuries ​to identify risks and support prevention​ (Dec 2022)
• Army experts mix up workouts to reduce overuse injuries and improve bone joint health​ (Oct 2022)
• ​​Journal article: Pectoralis major injuries - an underestimated problem​ (Aug 2022) ​
• Let's reduce drug-related conditions and poisonings among Soldiers​​ (Mar 2022)
  
• Army Combat Fitness Test, ACFT, final ​revision was posted 23 March 2022​ - of its six events, the plank now replaces the leg tuck, and it has gender- and age-adjusted standards. Though different from its initial development, basic tactics for preventing injuries associated with the ACFT are the sa​me.​​​
  
• Journal article: Injury risk factors associated with weight training​ (Feb 2022)
  
• Helmet-wearing and knowing​ limits before trying Winter Olympic-inspired stunts​ (Feb 2022) 
• Why fitness matters - reviewing history of Army fitness testing (Jan 2022) 
  
• Unit leaders should use e-Profile data to plan, track causes, and prevent injuries to improve readiness​ article - Soldiers average 2 months of limited duty for each injury, resulting in millions of lost duty days to the Army each year (Oct 2021) 
  
• Women's Health (May 2021) 
  
• Army leader guide to reducing Soldier injuries (Apr 2021)​
  
• New Army Leader Guide Offers Strategies for Reducing Soldier Injuries​ (Apr 2021) 
  
• Don't Let Weights Drop You...Train Smart (Mar 2020)
  
• Don't Get Benched by Injury​ (Feb 2020)
  
• The Army Combat Fitness Test: Are You Prepared? (Aug 2019)
  
• Be resilient: Reduce your risk of running and sports injuries (Jul 2018)
  
• Are You Injury Prone? (Jan 2018)
  
• Reducing the Risks (Aug 2017)
  
• Fighting Fatigue​ (Dec 2016)
  
• Heat Can Kill You (Dec 2016)
  
• The Weight of War: March to Win by Keeping Ahead of Injury (Aug 2016)
  
• Training in the Heat: Fact and Fiction​ (Mar 2016)
  
• Make sure your winter fun is not a wipeout (Jan 2016)
  
• Mouthguards: protecting your teeth won't make you a wuss (Dec 2015)
  
• Beware the blister: a 'minor injury' that can slow you down with serious pain (Sep 2015)
  
• Non-battle injuries result in more medical evacuations than combat (Jan 2015) 
  

For other external educational resources, visit the Army Medicine Campaign Plan and Research to Practice Education Series webpages.

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