Effects of modern land warfare equipments on deployed soldier locomotion and neuromuscular fatigue : operational simulation
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description: For more than a century, load carriage has been the source of many scientific questions and researches, especially in armies in which soldiers have to reach operational goals while carrying heavy loads complexly distributed around their body and this for some hours to several days. Moreover, with the development of new technologies and the advent of land warfare systems, this issue is becoming more complex since load continues to increase. General purpose: The aim of the present work was to investigate the biomechanical, metabolic and neuromuscular constraints imposed by the carriage of a modern land warfare system in experienced soldiers. Specifically, a first study was conducted to characterize the acute effects of land warfare equipments carriage on the biomechanics and energetics of walking. Moreover, a second research was performed to investigate the neuromuscular and locomotor consequences of an extreme-duration simulated military mission (performed in the field) involving the carriage of these specific equipments. First part: Walking analyses performed on an instrumented treadmill showed that the carriage of a land warfare system in two configurations made for “Battles” and “Road marches” (main configuration used in the field representing ~30% and ~50% of subject’s body mass, respectively) altered the walking pattern. Moreover, the mechanical work applied to the center of mass increased in parallel with the energy cost of walking during Battle and Road March configurations carriage, as shown by the constant locomotor efficiency in the three tested conditions. The inverted pendulum-like energy exchange (Cavagna’s standard method), allowing mechanical/metabolic energy saving, was also constant in all the unloaded and loaded conditions. Finally, even if the load was complexly distributed around soldiers’ body with this warfare system, this did not induce greater effects than those reported with loads carried symmetrically around the waist and close to the center…
identifier: NNT: 2012STET002T
issued: 2026-05-05T14:46:15.135410
language: fr
modified: 2026-05-05T14:46:15.135416
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: biomecanique
keyword: biomechanics
keyword: central-fatique
keyword: cout-metabolique
keyword: energy-cost
keyword: fatigue-centrale
keyword: fatigue-peripherique
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsdoctoralthesis
keyword: inverted-pendulum
keyword: mechanical-work
keyword: pattern
keyword: pendule-inverse
keyword: periphal-fatique
keyword: sdvmheplife-sciences-q-biohuman-health-and-pathology
keyword: sensation-de-fatigue
keyword: sensation-of-fatigue
keyword: theses
keyword: travail-mecanique
keyword: walking-pattern
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Effects of modern land warfare equipments on deployed soldier locomotion and neuromuscular fatigue : operational simulation
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