Department of Occupational Therapy Program Faculty Articles
Title
Upper body fatiguing exercise and shooting performance
ISBN or ISSN
0026-4075
Publication Title
Military Medicine Mil Med
Volume
168
Issue
6
First Page
451
Last Page
456
Abstract
This study assessed the effect of upper extremity muscle fatigue on shooting performance while in a standing, unsupported firing position. Nine male and three female soldiers fired at targets before and after performing upper extremity exercise to fatigue using both (1) an upper body ergometer and (2) a Military Operations in Urban Terrain obstacle course. Shooting accuracy, assessed by the number of hits, misses, and shot group size, was significantly decreased (p < 0.05) immediately following both types of exercise and recovered to pre-exercise values within 5 minutes for all measures except the number of misses, which returned to pre-exercise values by 10 minutes. There was no relationship between fitness measures and shooting performance, although muscle endurance was a factor in the duration of exercise prior to fatigue. We conclude that shooting accuracy recovers rapidly in fit soldiers following fatiguing lifting, climbing, and pulling activity.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Evans, R.; Scoville, C.; and Ito, Max, "Upper body fatiguing exercise and shooting performance" (2017). Department of Occupational Therapy Program Faculty Articles. 92.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_ot_faculty_articles/92
