Body shape and performance on the US Army Combat Fitness Test: Insights from a 3D body image scanner.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify relationships between body shape, body composition, sex and performance on the new US Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT).

Methods

Two hundred and thirty-nine United States Military Academy cadets took the ACFT between February and April of 2021. The cadets were imaged with a Styku 3D scanner that measured circumferences at 20 locations on the body. A correlation analysis was conducted between body site measurements and ACFT event performance and evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficients and p-values. A k-means cluster analysis was performed over the circumference data and ACFT performance were evaluated between clusters using t-tests with a Holm-Bonferroni correction.

Results

The cluster analysis resulted in 5 groups: 1. "V" shaped males, 2.

SUBMITTER: Smith M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155989 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature