Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training (SAFT)

Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motivation; Physical Activity; Motor Activity; Wounds and Injuries; Mood (Psychological Function)

Treatments: Other: Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02570295

SAFT_82/15

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the new sport concept of the Swiss Armed Forces influences the physical and psychological fitness of the recruits.

Full description

The physical and psychological demands in the Swiss Army basic military service are high. Injury incidences in Swiss Army training schools are higher than in armed forces of other countries.There is evidence that progressive loading of physical demands at the beginning of basic military service and specific physical training can reduce injury incidences and attrition rates. A new sport concept by the Swiss Army takes into account these results of previous studies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the influences of this new sport concept on the physical and psychological fitness as well as on the injury and attrition rates of the recruits.

Enrollment: 722 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Recruits of the Swiss Army rescue training schools 75 2/2015 and 3/2015

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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722 participants in 2 patient groups

Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training

Experimental group

Description:

Sport according to the new sport concept ("Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training") of the Swiss Armed Forces

Treatment:

Other: Swiss Army Physical Fitness Training

Traditional Sport Concept

No Intervention group

Description:

Sport according to the traditional sport concept of the Swiss Armed Forces