Effects of Carrying Police Equipment on Spatiotemporal and Kinetic Gait Parameters in First Year Police Officers

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14510%2F20%3A00116555" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14510/20:00116555 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459664/?fbclid=IwAR1tfQdblJXjgs8V0U0o2x2QfYfl2JhNKpehWqHlcgDUfpZuLyxPkcN3d_s" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459664/?fbclid=IwAR1tfQdblJXjgs8V0U0o2x2QfYfl2JhNKpehWqHlcgDUfpZuLyxPkcN3d_s</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165750" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph17165750</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effects of Carrying Police Equipment on Spatiotemporal and Kinetic Gait Parameters in First Year Police Officers

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The main purpose of the study was to explore the effects of carrying police equipment on spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters. Two-hundred and seventy-five healthy men and women attending police academy (32% women) were randomly recruited. Gait analysis without and with a police equipment load (approximate to 3.5 kg) was analyzed using the Zebris pressure platform. Differences and effect sizes were calculated using a Studentt-test and Wilcoxon test for dependent samples and Cohen's D statistics. In both men and women, carrying police equipment significantly increased the foot rotation (effect size 0.13-0.25), step width (0.13-0.33), step time (0.25), stride time (0.13-0.25) and peak plantar pressure beneath the forefoot (0.16-0.30), midfoot (0.15-0.32) and hindfoot (0.13-0.25) region of the foot. Significant reductions in the step length (0.12-0.25), stride length (0.14-0.23), cadence (0.15-0.28) and walking speed (0.20-0.22) were observed in both sexes. Although significant, the effect sizes were mostly trivial in men and small in women. Our study shows significant changes in the spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters when carrying police equipment for both men and women. Although the effect sizes are trivial to small, carrying police equipment of approximate to 3.5 kg may have a negative impact on gait characteristics in first-year police officers.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effects of Carrying Police Equipment on Spatiotemporal and Kinetic Gait Parameters in First Year Police Officers

Popis výsledku anglicky

The main purpose of the study was to explore the effects of carrying police equipment on spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters. Two-hundred and seventy-five healthy men and women attending police academy (32% women) were randomly recruited. Gait analysis without and with a police equipment load (approximate to 3.5 kg) was analyzed using the Zebris pressure platform. Differences and effect sizes were calculated using a Studentt-test and Wilcoxon test for dependent samples and Cohen's D statistics. In both men and women, carrying police equipment significantly increased the foot rotation (effect size 0.13-0.25), step width (0.13-0.33), step time (0.25), stride time (0.13-0.25) and peak plantar pressure beneath the forefoot (0.16-0.30), midfoot (0.15-0.32) and hindfoot (0.13-0.25) region of the foot. Significant reductions in the step length (0.12-0.25), stride length (0.14-0.23), cadence (0.15-0.28) and walking speed (0.20-0.22) were observed in both sexes. Although significant, the effect sizes were mostly trivial in men and small in women. Our study shows significant changes in the spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters when carrying police equipment for both men and women. Although the effect sizes are trivial to small, carrying police equipment of approximate to 3.5 kg may have a negative impact on gait characteristics in first-year police officers.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1660-4601

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

17

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

16

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000565048600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85089406413