Understanding and managing the relationship between soldier burden, mobility and susceptibility to enemy fire in the Canadian Armed Forces

了解和管理加拿大武装部队中士兵负担、机动性和对敌人火力的敏感性之间的关系

• 批准号: 567175-2021
• 负责人: Graham, RyanRB
• 金额: $ 11.66万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=757165
• 关键词: Understanding; managing; relationship; between; soldier

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) play an essential role to Canadians, contributing to the security andco-operation of Canada both domestically and internationally. Dismounted soldiers carry heavy loads andequipment on their body while completing work-related tasks with heavy physical demands. Given theseoccupational demands, it is not surprising that soldiers experience a high proportion of musculoskeletal injuriesat work. A trade-off exists between carrying heavy loads that are necessary for operational effectiveness andthe associated deficits in mobility, which can reduce performance and potentially lead to an increased exposureto enemy fire. In addition, there are other factors that can contribute to reductions in mobility in soldiers. Theaim of this work is to determine how to manage and understand the relationships between heavy carried loads,musculoskeletal injury risk and mobility in soldiers during highly physically demanding tasks. We aim toexplore these issues through a variety of approaches, including observing soldiers during training exercises thatare similar to exposures experienced while deployed. Based on these experiences, we will develop systematictesting procedures to isolate the movements that make up the work-related tasks and test the effect of load in alaboratory environment. Finally, we will use statistical procedures and machine learning approaches in order topredict the mobility of soldiers in novel loading scenarios that were not previously tested. The goal of thiswork is to contribute to an understanding of how carrying heavy loads can increase injury risk and reduceperformance in soldiers. Strong government-industry partnerships with Defence Research DevelopmentCanada (DRDC) and Canadian firm Mawashi Science and Technology will ensure project success as well asthe dual-use of the research findings.

加拿大武装部队 (CAF) 对加拿大人民发挥着重要作用，为加拿大国内和国际的安全与合作做出了贡献。徒步士兵在完成体力要求较高的工作任务时，身上背负着沉重的负荷和装备。考虑到这些职业要求，士兵在工作中遭受高比例的肌肉骨骼损伤也就不足为奇了。在携带作战效率所需的重物和相关的机动性缺陷之间存在着权衡，这可能会降低性能并可能导致更多地暴露在敌人的火力下。此外，还有其他因素可能导致士兵机动性降低。这项工作的目的是确定如何管理和理解士兵在执行高体力任务时重负、肌肉骨骼损伤风险和活动能力之间的关系。我们的目标是通过各种方法探索这些问题，包括在训练演习中观察士兵，这些演习与部署时经历的暴露类似。基于这些经验，我们将开发系统的测试程序来隔离构成与工作相关的任务的运动，并测试实验室环境中的负载效果。最后，我们将使用统计程序和机器学习方法来预测士兵在之前未测试过的新装载场景中的机动性。这项工作的目标是帮助人们了解携带重物如何增加士兵受伤风险并降低表现。与加拿大国防研究发展局 (DRDC) 和加拿大 Mawashi 科技公司建立的强有力的政府与工业界合作伙伴关系将确保项目的成功以及研究成果的双重用途。