Injury Profiling in Male Police Cadets During Initial Training Phase: A Retrospective Cohort Study
| Autor: | Wissem Dhahbi, Helmi Ben Saad, Ismail Dergaa, Marouen Souaifi, Karim Chamari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Men's Health, Vol 18 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1557-9891 15579883 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/15579883241304584 |
| Popis: | Musculoskeletal injuries during the “Initial Training Phase” (ITP) are a major medical problem faced by law enforcement agencies worldwide. Aiming to develop an injury prevention strategy, we examined the incidence, type, associated factors, and severity of injuries and secondarily tracked their evolution over time by batches in a police academy. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using prospectively collected injury data on 979 newly recruited male police cadets enrolled in eight batches between 2015 and 2023. Among the 376 injured participants (age: 18.1 ± 0.3 years, body-mass: 75.8 ± 12.5 kg, body-height: 173.7 ± 4.0 cm, body mass index [BMI]: 25.1 ± 4.1 kg·m -2 , body-fat percentage: 18.1% ± 5.1%), 405 injuries were recorded during the ITP. Musculoskeletal injury data were analyzed according to type, associated-factors, severity, and evolution across batches. Almost half of the recruits (41.4%) sustained at least one musculoskeletal injury. Based on injury frequency (39–69 case) and exposure time (20,944.5–43,006.5 hours per participant) indices, and with an implication of scientific training tips, the long-term follow-up over-batches showed that the injury incidence was decreased 2.5-fold from Batch 1 to Batch 8 ( p |
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