Clothing and Equipment Fit Among Male and Female Canadian Armed Forces Members.

IF 1.2 4区 医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Military Medicine Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI:10.1093/milmed/usae179
Kristina M Gruevski, Adrienne Sy, Linda Bossi, Emma Moon, Junhan Bae, Allan Keefe
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Introduction: The fit of military clothing and equipment is essential for the health and safety of military operators. Given the aim of increasing the proportion of women and the known biological and morphological differences between male and female soldiers, an understanding of fit across different items of kit is needed. The aim of this study was to quantify subjective fit ratings of 8 items of military clothing and equipment, including combat shirt, combat pants, rucksack, small pack, tactical vest, fragmentation vest, helmet, and ballistic eyewear as a function of relative stature and occupational group among male and female Canadian Armed Forces members.

Materials and methods: An online survey was distributed to male and female Canadian Armed Forces members, where fit was reported by participants according to a 7-point Likert acceptability scale. Participants were binned into 1 of 6 (3 males, 3 females) standing stature categories based on percentiles in a male and female distribution that included (1) under 35th percentile stature, (2) 35th to 80th percentile stature, and (3) over 80th percentile stature. Additionally, participants were separated according to occupational group: Group A: Infantry, Combat Engineer, Artillery, Armored; group B: Signals, Medical Technician, Intelligence, Signals Intelligence/Cyber Ops; group C: Supply Technician, Weapons Technician, Vehicle Technician, Electronic-Optronic Technician, Ammunition Technician; other: Not in other groups, examples include: Financial Services Administrator, Cook. This study was approved by the Defence Research and Development Canada Human Research Ethics Committee under protocol 2019-048, Amendment 2.

Results: There were significant effects attributable to stature category and occupational group on the fit of equipment. Specifically, fit acceptability of the rucksack helmet, small pack, and tactical vest was significantly affected by occupational group. Differences between stature categories were detected in all items with the exception of the small pack.

Conclusions: Military equipment fit has previously been shown to have implications for protection, performance, and mobility. The results of the investigation demonstrate different patterns of fit acceptability in male and female soldiers across items of clothing and equipment and may require different solutions.

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加拿大武装部队男女成员的服装和装备适合度。
简介:军用服装和装备的合身性对军事人员的健康和安全至关重要。鉴于增加女兵比例的目标,以及男女士兵之间已知的生理和形态差异,需要了解不同装备的合身性。本研究的目的是量化加拿大武装部队男性和女性成员对 8 种军用服装和装备(包括作战衬衫、作战裤子、背包、小背包、战术背心、防弹背心、头盔和防弹眼镜)的主观合身性评分,并将其与相对身材和职业类别挂钩:我们向加拿大武装部队的男女成员发放了一份在线调查问卷,参与者根据 7 点李克特可接受性量表来报告是否适合自己。根据男性和女性分布中的百分位数,将参与者分为 6 个站立身材类别(3 男 3 女)中的 1 个,这些类别包括:(1)低于第 35 百分位数的身材;(2)第 35 至 80 百分位数的身材;以及(3)超过第 80 百分位数的身材。此外,还根据职业组别对参与者进行了分类:A 组:步兵、战斗工兵、炮兵、装甲兵;B 组:信号兵、医疗技术员、情报员、信号情报员/网络行动员;C 组:供应技术员、武器技术员:供应技术员、武器技术员、车辆技术员、电子-光电技术员、弹药技术员;其他:不属于其他组别,例如财务管理员、厨师。本研究获得了加拿大国防研究与发展部人类研究伦理委员会(Defence Research and Development Canada Human Research Ethics Committee)2019-048号协议第2修正案的批准:结果:身材类别和职业组别对装备的合身性有明显影响。具体来说,职业类别对背包头盔、小背包和战术背心的合身性有显著影响。除小背包外,所有装备在身材类别上都存在差异:军事装备的适配性先前已被证明对防护、性能和机动性有影响。调查结果表明,男性和女性士兵对不同服装和装备的合身性有不同的接受模式,可能需要不同的解决方案。
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Military Medicine
Military Medicine MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-
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393
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4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Military Medicine is the official international journal of AMSUS. Articles published in the journal are peer-reviewed scientific papers, case reports, and editorials. The journal also publishes letters to the editor. The objective of the journal is to promote awareness of federal medicine by providing a forum for responsible discussion of common ideas and problems relevant to federal healthcare. Its mission is: To increase healthcare education by providing scientific and other information to its readers; to facilitate communication; and to offer a prestige publication for members’ writings.
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