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The Effect of Occupational Integration on Musculoskeletal Injury in Female Marines in the Fleet: An Epidemiological Cohort Study

2026-02-23 occupational and environmental health Title + abstract only
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IntroductionMusculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs) are ubiquitous in the U.S. military, especially among high-performing service members such as Marines. Given that female service members only started to be assigned to ground combat roles since December 2015, evaluation of sex on MSKI risk in ground combat occupations has not been possible until there was an ample population to study. The purpose of this population-level epidemiological study was to assess (1) if female sex was a salient risk factor f...

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