Army Injury Prevention Factsheets and Training Products

NOTE: Individual scientific studies can suggest different viewpoints or findings.  While the IPP reviews the overall body of evidence to make recommendations, users are encouraged to contact us with questions or suggestions regarding conflicting information.  For other external (non-IPP) educational resources, users may also want to visit: Soldier Medical Readiness Campaign (SMR-CP): Injury Prevention/Human Performance Optimization Education Series and the Army Medicine Campaign Plan.

Factsheets

• Mouthguards Factsheet
• Weight-Training: Dead Lift Injuries Factsheet
• Weight-Training: Bench Press Injuries Factsheet
• Weight-Training: Squat Injuries Factsheet
• Training-Related Injuries Factsheet
• Military Women Injury Prevention Factsheet
• Body Mass Index (BMI) Factsheet
• Heat Illness Prevention Factsheet
• Cold Weather Injury Prevention Factsheet
• Installation Soldier Injury Factsheet
• Installation Civilian Injury Factsheet
• Musculoskeletal Injuries Factsheet
• Foot Marching and Load-Carriage Injuries Factsheet
• Fall-Related Injuries Factsheet
• Parachuting Injuries Factsheet
• Blister Prevention Factsheet
• Motorcycle-Related Injuries Factsheet
• Privately-Owned Vehicle-Related Injuries Factsheet

Slide decks

• 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

News articles

• "Don't Let Weights Drop You...Train Smart" (Risk Management Magazine, Mar 2020) 
  
• "Don't Get Benched by Injury" (Risk Management Magazine, Feb 2020) 
  
• "The Army Combat Fitness Test: Are You Prepared?" (Risk Management Magazine, Aug 2019) 
  
• "Be resilient: Reduce your risk of running and sports injuries" (Army.mil, Jul 2018) 
• "Are You Injury Prone?" (Knowledge Magazine, Jan 2018)
• "Reducing the Risks" (Knowledge Magazine, Aug 2017)
• "Fighting Fatigue" (Knowledge Magazine, Dec 2016)
• "Heat Can Kill You" (Knowledge Magazine, Dec 2016)
• "The Weight of War: March to Win by Keeping Ahead of Injury" (Risk Management Magazine, Aug 2016)
• "Training in the Heat: Fact and Fiction" (Army.mil, Mar 2016)
• "Make sure your winter fun is not a wipeout" (Army.mil, Jan 2016) 
• "Mouthguards: protecting your teeth won't make you a wuss" (Army.mil, Dec 2015) 
• "Beware the blister: a 'minor injury' that can slow you down with serious pain" (Army.mil, Sep 2015) 
• "Non-battle injuries result in more medical evacuations than combat" (Army.mil, Jan 2015)  

Videos

• "Cold Stress in Military Operations"