@article {Vanderburgh:2011:0026-4075:1032,
	author = "Vanderburgh, Paul M. and Mickley, Nicholas S. and Anloague, Philip A. and Lucius, Kimber",
	title = "Load-Carriage Distance Run and Push-Ups Tests: No Body Mass Bias and Occupationally Relevant",
	journal = "Military Medicine",
	volume = "176",
	number = "9",
	year = "2011",
	abstract = "<B>ABSTRACT</B><P></P>Recent research has demonstrated body mass (M) bias in military physical fitness tests favoring lighter, not just leaner, service members. Mathematical modeling predicts that a distance run carrying a backpack of 30 lbs would eliminate M-bias. The purpose of this study was to empirically test this prediction for the U.S. Army push-ups and 2-mile run tests. Two tests were performed for both events for each of 56 university Reserve Officer Training Corps male cadets: with (loaded) and without backpack (unloaded). Results indicated significant M-bias in the unloaded and no M-bias in the loaded condition for both events. Allometrically scaled scores for both events were worse in the loaded vs. unloaded conditions, supporting a hypothesis not previously tested. The loaded push-ups and 2-mile run appear to remove M-bias and are probably more occupationally relevant as military personnel are often expected to carry external loads.",
	pages = "1032-1036",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2011/00000176/00000009/art00027"
}