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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 112136 |
| CIS number |
11-0774 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1745-6673 - Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology |
| Year |
2011 |
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| Author(s) |
Knapik J.J., Spiess A., Swedler D., Grier T., Hauret K., Yoder J., Jones B.H. |
| Title |
Retrospective examination of injuries and physical fitness during Federal Bureau of Investigation new agent training |
| Bibliographic information |
2011, 6:26, 29p. Illus. 38 ref. |
| Internet access |
Retrospective_examination.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
A retrospective examination of injuries, physical fitness and their association was conducted among Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) new agent trainees. Injuries and activities associated with injuries were obtained from a review of medical records in the medical clinic that served the new agents. A physical fitness test (PFT) was administered at Weeks 1, 7 and 14 of the 17-week new agent training course. The PFT consisted of push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, a 300-meter sprint, and a 1.5-mile run. Injury data were available from 2000 to 2008 and fitness data were available from 2004 to early 2009. During the survey period, 37% of men and 44% of women experienced one or more injuries during the new agent training course. The most common injury diagnoses were musculoskeletal pain (27%), strains (11%), sprains (10%), contusions (9%), and abrasions/lacerations (9%). Activities associated with injury included defensive tactics training (48%), physical fitness training (26%), physical fitness testing (6%), and firearms training (6%). Over a 6-year period, there was little difference in performance of push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, or the 300-meter sprint; 1.5-mile run performance was higher in recent years. Among both men and women, higher injury incidence was associated with lower performance on any of the physical fitness measures. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; injuries; physical fitness; physical fitness programmes; police forces |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
musculoskeletal diseases; sprains; wounds; contusion; statistical evaluation; sex-linked differences; frequency rates |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
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