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Changes in Health and Physical Fitness Parameters After Six Months of Group Exercise Training in Firefighters

Proper training methods may be used as an effective preventative measure for many of the musculoskeletal injuries sustained as a first responder that are inherent to the profession. The traditionally low fitness levels and poor exercise habits of city firefighters may predispose this population to a...

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Autores principales: Sokoloski, Matthew L., Rigby, Brandon R., Bachik, C. Ryan, Gordon, Ryan A., Rowland, Isaac F., Zumbro, Emily L., Duplanty, Anthony A.
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7692677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126592
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports8110143
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author Sokoloski, Matthew L.
Rigby, Brandon R.
Bachik, C. Ryan
Gordon, Ryan A.
Rowland, Isaac F.
Zumbro, Emily L.
Duplanty, Anthony A.
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Rigby, Brandon R.
Bachik, C. Ryan
Gordon, Ryan A.
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description Proper training methods may be used as an effective preventative measure for many of the musculoskeletal injuries sustained as a first responder that are inherent to the profession. The traditionally low fitness levels and poor exercise habits of city firefighters may predispose this population to an increased risk of chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular and metabolic disease. The purpose of this study was to analyze changes in the health and fitness parameters of professional firefighters across North Texas during a six-month training program. Twenty-two professional firefighters completed six months of group training, consisting of two training sessions per week. These individuals underwent a pre- and post-fitness testing protocol that consisted of body composition, range of motion, anaerobic power, muscular endurance, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Improvements (p < 0.05) in flexibility, anaerobic performance, fatigue index, muscular endurance, and aerobic fitness were found following the six-month training program. No differences in body composition or peak power were observed (p > 0.05). Six months of group exercise improves aerobic and anaerobic fitness, exercise tolerance, muscular endurance, and flexibility in firefighters.
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spelling pubmed-76926772020-11-28 Changes in Health and Physical Fitness Parameters After Six Months of Group Exercise Training in Firefighters Sokoloski, Matthew L. Rigby, Brandon R. Bachik, C. Ryan Gordon, Ryan A. Rowland, Isaac F. Zumbro, Emily L. Duplanty, Anthony A. Sports (Basel) Article Proper training methods may be used as an effective preventative measure for many of the musculoskeletal injuries sustained as a first responder that are inherent to the profession. The traditionally low fitness levels and poor exercise habits of city firefighters may predispose this population to an increased risk of chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular and metabolic disease. The purpose of this study was to analyze changes in the health and fitness parameters of professional firefighters across North Texas during a six-month training program. Twenty-two professional firefighters completed six months of group training, consisting of two training sessions per week. These individuals underwent a pre- and post-fitness testing protocol that consisted of body composition, range of motion, anaerobic power, muscular endurance, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Improvements (p < 0.05) in flexibility, anaerobic performance, fatigue index, muscular endurance, and aerobic fitness were found following the six-month training program. No differences in body composition or peak power were observed (p > 0.05). Six months of group exercise improves aerobic and anaerobic fitness, exercise tolerance, muscular endurance, and flexibility in firefighters. MDPI 2020-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7692677/ /pubmed/33126592 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports8110143 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports8110143
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