Health-related physical fitness of military police officers in Paraiba, Brazil/Aptidao fisica relacionada a saude de policiais militares da Paraiba

Background: An adequate relationship among health-related physical fitness (HRPF) components improve the professional performance of military police officers (MOPs). Objective: To investigate the correlation among HRPF components for Special Police Operations (BOPE) and Traffic Police (BPTRAN) Batta...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho 2018-12, Vol.16 (4), p.429
Main Authors: Lima-dos-Santos, Adeilma Lima, Domingos-Gomes, Jarbas Rallison, Andrade, Ozineide Sousa Dantas, Cirilo-Sousa, Maria do Socorro, Freitas, Eduardo Domingos da Silva, Silva, Julio Cesar Gomes, Izidorio, Petronio Jaques Galdino, Aniceto, Rodrigo Ramalho
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Summary:Background: An adequate relationship among health-related physical fitness (HRPF) components improve the professional performance of military police officers (MOPs). Objective: To investigate the correlation among HRPF components for Special Police Operations (BOPE) and Traffic Police (BPTRAN) Battalion MOPs. Method: The sample comprised 47 male MOPs aged 26 to 49 years old divided in two groups BOPE (N=25) and BPTRAN (n=22). The participants were subjected to a test battery--anthropometric measurements, sit-and-reach test, 1-minute sit-up test, elbow flexion test, and 20-meter shuttle run test--for evaluation of the HRPF morphological, cardiorespiratory and neuromuscular components. Results: Both groups exhibited moderate-to-strong correlation of waste circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BFP) with localized muscle resistance (LMR) (r=-0.589; r=-0.404; r=-0.637) and dynamic muscle strength (DMS) (r=0.592; r=-0.416; r=-0.651) (p
ISSN:1679-4435
DOI:10.5327/ZI679443520I80304