Relationships Between Physical Fitness Assessment Measures and a Workplace Task-Specific Physical Assessment Among Police Officers: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Lockie, Robert G.; Dawes, Jay; Sakura, Takato; Schram, Ben; Orr, Rob Marc

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“…Twelve studies examined male and female participants [15,19,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], whereas the remaining five included only male participants [16][17][18]20,21]. Table 4 displays the frequency of significant biomotor ability correlates to occupational tasks among these studies.…”

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“…Regarding the frequency of evaluation, muscular strength was assessed in 9 articles [16][17][18][19]22,23,28,29,31], muscular endurance was measured in 17 articles [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], and muscular power was measured in 13 articles [15][16][17][18][22][23][24][25][27][28][29][30][31]. Other fitness measurements included aerobic capacity, assessed in 7 articles [16,[18][19][20]28,30,31] and anaerobic capacity in 4 articles [16,18,19,…”

Section: Fitness and Occupational Abilities Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other fitness measurements included aerobic capacity, assessed in 7 articles [16,[18][19][20]28,30,31] and anaerobic capacity in 4 articles [16,18,19,30]. Agility was assessed in 9 [15,16,18,19,22,[28][29][30][31] articles, and the least commonly reported fitness measure was flexibility, which was assessed in 6 articles [15,16,19,22,29,31].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, some studies utilised exercises that simulate occupational tasks like running and pushing objects to simulate foot chases and suspect engagement. Most studies included the victim rescue/body drag [19,22,23,26,29,31] and foot pursuit [19,22,24,25,31]. The 99-yard obstacle course [23,26,27], chain link fence [19,23,26,29,31], solid wall climb [21][22][23][27][28][29]31], and 500-yard run [23,26,27] were used less frequently.…”

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“…Most studies included the victim rescue/body drag [19,22,23,26,29,31] and foot pursuit [19,22,24,25,31]. The 99-yard obstacle course [23,26,27], chain link fence [19,23,26,29,31], solid wall climb [21][22][23][27][28][29]31], and 500-yard run [23,26,27] were used less frequently. The application of the test battery also varied between studies, with most studies requiring completion of the occupational physical ability assessment on a separate day from fitness assessments.…”

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Biomotor Abilities for Law Enforcement Officer Readiness

Monteiro,

Santos,

Abel

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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Law enforcement officers (LEOs) must maintain a certain level of physical fitness to perform occupational tasks successfully. Because of the wide variation among operators, there does not appear to be a standard fitness test battery that is appropriate to assess occupational fitness for different groups of law enforcement officers. Therefore, multi-faceted fitness assessments are important to evaluate tactical personnel’s various essential fitness components, which are often unique to each environment. Fitness standards and training protocols must be developed for each law enforcement agency and customised to the specific audience. This article aims to systematically review the relevant literature to identify biomotor abilities associated with occupational physical ability. This study examined the results of 17 international studies to ultimately synthesise information that (i) aids in the selection of the most used biomotor abilities and occupational physical abilities for LEOs and (ii) serves as a starting point for the development of occupational physical abilities assessment protocols. In conclusion, this study underscores the complex and diverse physical demands on LEOs, advocating for tailored fitness programs and policy reforms to enhance their operational readiness and long-term health.

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Section: Fitness and Occupational Abilities Measuresmentioning

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Section: Fitness and Occupational Abilities Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fitness and Occupational Abilities Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biomotor Abilities for Law Enforcement Officer Readiness

Monteiro,

Santos,

Abel

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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Physical and psychological factors related to injury, illness and tactical performance in law enforcement recruits: a systematic review

Murphy,

Merrick,

Cowen

et al. 2024

Inj Prev

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ObjectiveThere are inconsistent reports of factors relating to injury, illness and tactical performance in law enforcement recruits. Our objectives were to: (1) report physical and psychological risk factors and protective factors for injury and illness and (2) report physical and psychological risk factors and protective factors for tactical performance success.DesignSystematic epidemiological review.MethodsSearches of six databases were conducted on 13 December 2022. We included cohorts that assessed physical and psychological factors for injury, illness and tactical performance success. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute Quality Assessment Checklist for Prevalence Studies and certainty assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation.Results30 studies were included, and quality assessment was performed. Very low certainty of evidence exists for physical variables related to injury risk, and we found no studies that investigated psychological variables as a risk factor for injury. Low-certainty evidence found older age, poorer performance with push-up reps to failure, poorer arm ergometer revolutions, poorer beep test, poorer 75-yard pursuit and the 1.5 miles run tests to be associated with reduced tactical performance. Very low certainty of evidence exists that the psychological variables of intelligence and anger are associated with tactical performance.ConclusionsWe identified a lack of high-level evidence for factors associated with injury, illness and performance. Interventions based on this research will be suboptimal. We suggest context-specific factors related to injury, illness and performance in law enforcement populations are used to inform current practice while further, high-quality research into risk factors is performed.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42022381973.

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Relationships Between Physical Ability Test Performance and Fitness in Recruits From a Southeastern U.S. Police Department

Lockie,

Orr,

Sanchez

et al. 2024

Journal of Strength &Amp; Conditioning Research

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Lockie, RG, Orr, RM, Sanchez, KJ, Gonzales, SM, Viramontes, E, Kennedy, K, and Dawes, JJ. Relationships between physical ability test performance and fitness in recruits from a southeastern U.S. police department. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000–000, 2024—Police recruit occupational ability may be predicted by a physical ability test (PAT). This study determined relationships between a department-specific PAT and fitness test performance among police recruits. Retrospective analysis was conducted on recruit data (1,069 men and 404 women) from one department collected during 2005–2009 and 2016–2020. The following data were provided: grip strength; sit-and-reach; 60-second push-ups; 60-second sit-ups; 2.4-km run; and the PAT. The PAT involved exiting a vehicle and opening the trunk; running ∼201 m; completing an obstacle course; dragging a 68-kg dummy 31 m; completing an obstacle course and running ∼201 m; dry firing a weapon 6 times with each hand; and trunk item placement and vehicle reentry. Relationships between the PAT and fitness tests were measured by partial correlations and stepwise linear regression, both controlling for sex. The PAT was completed in a mean time of 4:16 ± 1:07 minutes:seconds. The PAT significantly (p < 0.001) related to all fitness tests. Moderate relationships were found for push-ups (r = −0.35), sit-ups (r = −0.41), and the 2.4-km run (r = −0.43). Small relationships were found with grip strength (r = −0.19) and the sit-and-reach (r = −0.17). The final regression model, which included sex and all fitness tests except the sit-and-reach, explained ∼53% of the variance. Sex and the 2.4-km run explained ∼47% of the variance. Aerobic fitness appeared to have the greatest impact on PAT performance, which may have related to the PAT design and duration. Tasks completed in succession, and the use of a relatively light dummy, may stress aerobic fitness and muscular endurance to a greater extent.

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Relationships Between Physical Fitness Assessment Measures and a Workplace Task-Specific Physical Assessment Among Police Officers: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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Biomotor Abilities for Law Enforcement Officer Readiness

Biomotor Abilities for Law Enforcement Officer Readiness

Physical and psychological factors related to injury, illness and tactical performance in law enforcement recruits: a systematic review

Relationships Between Physical Ability Test Performance and Fitness in Recruits From a Southeastern U.S. Police Department

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