Cardiorespiratory fitness is a risk factor for lower-limb and back injury in law enforcement officers commencing their basic training: a prospective cohort study.

Autor:	Murphy MC; Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.; School of Nursing, Midwifery, Health Sciences and Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia., Merrick N; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia., Mosler AB; La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia., Allen G; Western Australian Police Force, Western Australian Police Academy, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia., Chivers P; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.; Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia., Hart NH; Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.; Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.; Exercise Medicine Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.; School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Research in sports medicine (Print) [Res Sports Med] 2024 May-Jun; Vol. 32 (3), pp. 511-523. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 25.
DOI:	10.1080/15438627.2022.2139618
Abstrakt:	We aimed to report the epidemiology of lower-limb and lumbosacral injuries in Police Force recruits. We performed a cohort study of Police Force recruits undergoing a six-month training program with prospective injury data collected between 2018 and 2021. Cardiorespiratory fitness was quantified by the beep-test and police-specific-functional-capacity was quantified using a specifically designed physical performance evaluation (PPE) tool. Injury frequency and prevalence were reported. Fifteen percent (n = 180) of study Police Force recruits (n = 1,181) sustained a lower-limb or lumbosacral injury. The six-month training program significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness (p < 0.001) and functional capacity (p < 0.001). Increased cardiorespiratory fitness at baseline decreased injury risk (OR = 0.8, 95%CI: 0.66-0.97, p = 0.019). Injury rates decreased over time and females were injured significantly earlier than males (HR = 0.70, 95%CI: 0.52 to 0.95, p = 0.021). Interventions that can pre-condition Police Force recruits prior to the commencement of their basic physical training may reduce the number of lower-limb and lumbosacral injuries.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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