Musculoskeletal injuries are a major problem in the military populations across the world, reaching truly worrying numbers. This silent epidemic has countless implications, like financial and human resources management, decreasing military readiness.

For these reasons, it has become one of the priorities of any military force. This issue gains even more importance in a period where western armies have been experiencing a shortage of human resources to face the missions in which they are engaged.

On the other hand, western societies have become more sedentary and physically inactive with the prevalence of sedentary-related diseases, reaching dramatic numbers, even in childhood. If we think that most of the physical skills are acquired during childhood and adolescence, it’s easy to understand that the paradigm of the young person who joins the army has changed.

For these reasons, and like in high performance sport, it is extremely important to create an injury prevention strategy to minimize the risk of injury in our Soldiers.

With PERIMA project, the mission is to carry out research work in Prediction, Evaluation and Recovery process of musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Academy cadets, that result from military training, considering biomechanical, physiological and fitness aspects.