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Methodology for the Assessment of Clothing and Individual Equipment (CIE)

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Advances in Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention and Outdoor Recreation (AHFE 2017)

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The Army has been searching for a repeatable and sensitive way to evaluate clothing and individual equipment (CIE), including personal protective systems, for increase in mission flexibility, mobility, and protection. The goal of this methodology was to have Soldiers engage in an operationally relevant scenario and to provide a continuous, fatiguing set of tasks, mimicking movement to and action on an objective. By using an interdisciplinary approach (incorporating biomechanical, cognitive psychology, and human factors expertise), we have demonstrated a comprehensive methodology that addresses the Warfighter as a system. The paradigm of evaluating the Warfighter from a cognitive, physiologic, and performance approach allows the ability to analyze how these processes interact. This approach gives a complete picture of what the Warfighter’s challenges are in complex scenarios.

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The authors wish to thank the dedicated personnel from the NSRDEC, ATC, PDSSI, and Ft. Devens who made the conduct of our research possible. Special recognition is due to the study volunteers, who were enlisted men assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC.

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    Leif Hasselquist, Marianna Eddy, K. Blake Mitchell, Clifford L. Hancock, Jay McNamara & Christina Caruso

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Hasselquist, L., Eddy, M., Blake Mitchell, K., Hancock, C.L., McNamara, J., Caruso, C. (2018). Methodology for the Assessment of Clothing and Individual Equipment (CIE). In: Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention and Outdoor Recreation. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 603. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60822-8_3

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