Relationship Between Metabolic Fitness and Performance in Police Occupational Tasks

Purpose To determine the relationship between metabolic fitness test scores and performance in police occupational tasks. Methods Retrospective data from 106 law enforcement officers who completed two metabolic fitness assessments [anaerobic: a 20-m (10-m and 20-m splits) sprint, aerobic: 20 m Multi...

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Published in:Journal of science in sport and exercise (Online) 2021-05, Vol.3 (2), p.179-185
Main Authors: Canetti, Elisa F. D., Dawes, J. Jay, Drysdale, Phoebe H., Lockie, Robert, Kornhauser, Charlie, Holmes, Ryan, Schram, Ben, Orr, Robin M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Fatalities
Human Physiology
Lasers
Law enforcement
Metabolism
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Physical fitness tests
Police
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Summary:Purpose To determine the relationship between metabolic fitness test scores and performance in police occupational tasks. Methods Retrospective data from 106 law enforcement officers who completed two metabolic fitness assessments [anaerobic: a 20-m (10-m and 20-m splits) sprint, aerobic: 20 m Multi-Stage Fitness Test (20 m-MSFT)] and three routine occupational tasks [1.22 m Fence jump (FJ), 8.5 m Victim Drag (VD with 102.3 kg) and “Get-up” (GU)] were collected. A Person’s correlation coefficient and a standard multiple regression were used to assess the relationship between and predictive ability of, respectively, the fitness tests scores and performance on occupational tasks. Results There was a significant positive correlation between the 10-m sprint scores and FJ ( r  = 0.524, P  
ISSN:2096-6709
2662-1371
DOI:10.1007/s42978-020-00066-1