Physical fitness tests as a requirement for physical performance improvement in officers in the military police of the state of Paraná, Brazil.

Autor:	Caetano HBS; Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Israel-Caetano C; Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.; Assessoria Técnica, Casa Militar, Polícia Militar do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., López-Gil JF; Departamento de Actividad Física y Deporte, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia Region, Spain., Sentone RG; Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Godoy KBS; Assessoria Técnica, Casa Militar, Polícia Militar do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Cavichiolli FR; Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Paulo AC; Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT [Rev Bras Med Trab] 2021 Mar 03; Vol. 18 (4), pp. 444-448. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 03.
DOI:	10.47626/1679-4435-2020-581
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Physical fitness is crucial for the work of military police officers. Over time, officers show a substantial decrease in physical fitness. State military officers must undergo a physical fitness test every year, but prior to 2015, failure on this test had no impact on career advancement. State Law No. 18.659/2015 included passage of the physical fitness test as a requirement for promotion for officers in the Paraná military police (Polícia Militar do Paraná). Objectives: To verify whether the obligation to undergo the physical fitness test had any effects on the physical performance of military police officers. Methods: The physical fitness tests results from 2016-2019 (n = 1705) were entered into an electronic spreadsheet and stratified by year. The spreadsheet included scores on individual tests ( shuttle run , upper body and 12-minute run) as well as the sum total across all tests. Then, descriptive statistics, normality test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and post-hoc comparisons were performed using the Mann-Whitney U test. with a significance level of p < 0.05. Results: Significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed on all variables in the physical fitness test when compared between the years of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Mean scores on the shuttle run (96.91 ± 7.54) and upper body tests (82.60 ± 24.81) were highest in 2019, while the mean score on the 12-minute run test was highest in 2017 (60.33 ± 28.38). The effect size of these differences (r) was small. Conclusions: The evidence suggests that the inclusion of the physical fitness test as a requirement for promotion can contribute to the improvement of physical performance in military police officers. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: None
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