Military load carriage : an innovative method of interface pressure measurement and evaluation of novel load carriage designs

This thesis is concerned with the measurement and effects of pressure on the body as a result of military load carriage. High skin pressures are associated with impaired blood flow, brachial plexus disorders and user pain and discomfort. Load carriage research has largely overlooked this issue, main...

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Main Author: Martin, Jennifer Leila
Published: Loughborough University 2001
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247931