Relationship Of Back Muscular Endurance With Anthropometric Measures In Firefighters

To assess the relationship between various anthropometric measures and back muscular endurance in firefighters. Assessments were conducted in full duty, healthy, career firefighters without low back pain from Tampa Fire Rescue (Florida, US) who participated in a randomized controlled trial. Anthropo...

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Published in:Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2012-05, Vol.44 (5S), p.778-778
Main Authors: Mayer, John M, Chen, Ren, Dagenais, Simon, Nuzzo, James L, Verna, Joe L, Quillen, William S
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Language:English
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Summary:To assess the relationship between various anthropometric measures and back muscular endurance in firefighters. Assessments were conducted in full duty, healthy, career firefighters without low back pain from Tampa Fire Rescue (Florida, US) who participated in a randomized controlled trial. Anthropometric measures included height, body weight, body fat percentage assessed with BodPod, and thickness of the abdominal and lumbar multifidus muscles assessed with ultrasound. Isometric muscular endurance was assessed for the back with the Modified Biering Sorensen Test and core with the Plank Test. 96 firefighters (87 male, 9 female) enrolled in the study. For back muscular endurance, significant (p < 0.05) correlations were noted with age (r = -0.29), body weight (r = -0.45), body fat percentage (r = -0.46), and thickness of the transverse abdominis, internal and external oblique abdominis, and L4-L5 multifidus muscles (r = -0.24 to r = -0.41).
ISSN:0195-9131