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 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Soldiers get sprained ankles, torn ligaments and stress fractures just like competitive athletes, so the Army is opening a laboratory that applies the science of sports medicine to the battlefield.
Fort Campbell opened its Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Laboratory on Tuesday with scenes straight out of a sports drink commercial: A soldier running on a treadmill with a mask to measure his breathing; another soldier tracking his endurance on a stationary bike; computers displaying their progress on charts.
"We do these same tests on the Pittsburgh Steelers," explains Scott Lephart, the project's principal researcher from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "We know that an offensive lineman and a defensive back need different training, and that's the same approach we are taking with these soldiers."
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