A job task analysis of the physical demands of manually preparing a 4-person battle trench as a military defensive position
Digging a defensive position was identified by military experts as a critical job-task, with variability in metabolic cost dependent on work rate. Data may inform selection, training, and technology interventions to improve task performance.
Authors
- Julianne Doherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3607-9382)
- Sam D. Blacker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3862-3572)
- Christopher Vine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3592-9894)
- T.R. Flood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-0957)
- Steve Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-4033)
- Julie P. Greeves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-5338)
- Sarah Jackson
- Carla A. Rue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5020-0818)
- Ella F. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-9876)
- Venturino R. Nevola
- Sarah L. Coakley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-1392)
- Benjamin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6826-7463)
Institutions
- University of Chichester (GB)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (GB)
- English Institute of Sport (GB)
- EDF Energy (United Kingdom) (GB)
- St Mary's University Twickenham London (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Applied Ergonomics
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104520
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44