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FIGURE 2 Cont. FIGURE 3 Descriptions and Depictions of Some Rugged Maniac
Name of Events. (Photos from https://ruggedmaniac.com/obstacles/)
Obstacle Description of Obstacle Depiction of Obstacle Name of
Gauntlet Participant negotiates Obstacle Description of Obstacle Depiction of Obstacle
100-feet long obstacle Antigravity Trampoline bounces
with 4 sections: 1-walk participant up a
narrow plank; 2-use padded cargo rope-
rings to move hand- climbing wall.
over-hand across
water; 3-use beam and
hand holds to move
across space; 4–use two The Ringer Participant moves
horizontal planks (one hand-over-hand on
with hands, other with rings while suspended
feet) to move across over a pit of water.
water obstacle.
Hero Carry Participant carries
teammate on back. Accelerator Participant slides down
Two participants a steep 50-foot slide
switch places half way into a deep pool of
through event. water.
Kiss of Mud Participant crawls
on stomach through
mud with barbed wire
handing 18 inches The Gauntlet Participant moves
above. across a board
Ladder to Participant climb 15- suspended over water
Hell foot ladder with wide with massive swinging
spaces between rungs. bags along the route.
Lumberjacked Participant vaults over The Participant jumps over
a series of chest high Pyromaniac rows of burning logs.
logs.
Mudderhorn Participant climbs up
then down a 3-story The Trenches Participant jumps over
tall A-frame structure. wide mud trenches.
The Head Participants low crawls
Mud Mile Participant runs or Scratcher under barbed wire
wades through mud through a muddy field.
with rolling muddy
mounds.
Ninja Escape Participant negotiates
triangular wooden
Pitfall Participant runs/walks platforms placed in a
through a 35-foot pit zigzag formation above
of mud with sporadic a muddy field.
holes and a very steep
exit berm.
Skidmarked Climb a 10-foot slanted
wall. Can only be nego- mud and muddy water, varied ground conditions, unusual
tiated with help of team- vegetation, and encounters with insects (bites, stings) and
mates above or below. other animal. While these challenges test physical and mental
Texas Participant shuffles fitness, they will invariably involve injuries and other medical
Hold’em laterally along a
sloped platform while problems. The purpose of this article is to review the literature
grasping a teammate. on medical problems during participation in obstacle course
events. Injury incidence and injury rates during obstacle course
events in military training will first be covered, then medical
Well Spring Participant jumps and
grab a bar hooked to problems in civilian OCEs will be reviewed, and finally injury
a wheels on a rail that prevention measures for the most common medical problems
swings participant will be summarized.
over a body of water.
Participant release bar
to enter water then exits Methods
water using rope ladder.
PubMed, Web of Science, and Cumulative Index to Nursing
and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) were searched to find
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