Expanding Research on Firefighter Trainee Fitness, Reasons for Academy Release, and the Predictive Capabilities of Fitness Tests.
Firefighter trainees need a level of fitness to be admitted to and complete a training academy. Fitness could indicate a trainee's likelihood of graduation, in addition to their reasons for release. This study determined fitness differences between firefighter trainees who graduated (GRAD) from acad...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 724 - 734 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Apr2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178043566&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178043566 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10648011 JSC jtl: Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research issn: 10648011 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2024 vid: 38 iid: 4 pid: 5086 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 178043566 178043566 178043566 10.1519/jsc.0000000000004696 178043566 ppf: 724 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Expanding Research on Firefighter Trainee Fitness, Reasons for Academy Release, and the Predictive Capabilities of Fitness Tests. aug: au: Lockie, Robert G. Orr, Robin M. Montes, Fernando Dawes, J. Jay affil: Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California sug: subj: Firefighting Education Interns and Residents Physical Fitness Evaluation Exercise Test Aerobic Capacity Task Performance and Analysis Educational Measurement Education, Graduate Human Cross Sectional Studies Retrospective Design Oxygen Consumption Experimental Studies Linear Regression Adult ROC Curve Descriptive Statistics Physical Examination One-Way Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis Adult: 19-44 years ab: Firefighter trainees need a level of fitness to be admitted to and complete a training academy. Fitness could indicate a trainee's likelihood of graduation, in addition to their reasons for release. This study determined fitness differences between firefighter trainees who graduated (GRAD) from academy or were released because of injury (RELI), performance test failures (RELP), or resignation (RELR), and whether fitness predicted graduation. Occupational physical ability test (OPAT) data for 686 trainees were analyzed, including: Illinois agility test; push-ups; pull-ups; leg tucks; maximal aerobic capacity (...O2max); backward overhead medicine ball throw; 10-repetition maximum deadlift; and farmer's carry. Raw and scaled (based on internal scoring) scores were recorded. Trainees were split into GRAD (n = 576), RELI (n 5 33), RELP (n = 66), and RELR (n = 11) groups. A 1-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc calculated between-group differences. Stepwise linear regression determined whether fitness predicted group inclusion. Receiver operating curves and area under the curve (AUC) derived test accuracy for predicting academy release. The GRAD group was superior (p ≤ 0.04) to the RELI group in all tests except push-ups, pull-ups, and farmer's carry; RELP group in all tests except the farmer's carry; and RELR group in ...O2max, deadlift, and total OPAT score. Select fitness tests could predict inclusion in each group, although the explained variances were low (~1 -11%). Raw ...O2max (AUC = 0.71) and total OPAT score (AUC = 0.74) had acceptable prediction accuracy. Fitness influenced academy graduation and reasons for release. Scaled scores could predict group inclusion in this department; ...O2max and total OPAT score provided the most accurate predictors for release. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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