The Effect of Personal Protective Equipment on Firefighter Occupational Performance
ABSTRACTLesniak, AY, Bergstrom, HC, Clasey, JL, Stromberg, AJ, and Abel, MG. The effect of personal protective equipment on firefighter occupational performance. J Strength Cond Res 34(8)2165–2172, 2020—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of load carriage (LC) and LC plus respirato...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of strength and conditioning research 2020-08, Vol.34 (8), p.2165-2172 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , , , , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 2172 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 8 |
| container_start_page | 2165 |
| container_title | Journal of strength and conditioning research |
| container_volume | 34 |
| creator | Lesniak, Ashley Y. Bergstrom, Haley C. Clasey, Jody L. Stromberg, Arnold J. Abel, Mark G. |
| description | ABSTRACTLesniak, AY, Bergstrom, HC, Clasey, JL, Stromberg, AJ, and Abel, MG. The effect of personal protective equipment on firefighter occupational performance. J Strength Cond Res 34(8)2165–2172, 2020—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of load carriage (LC) and LC plus respirator use (LC + self-contained breathing apparatus [SCBA]) on firefightersʼ work capacity to enhance our understanding of occupational demands. Twenty-one male structural firefighter recruits (age28.6 ± 4.3 years; height178.6 ± 7.2 cm; body mass94.1 ± 15.4 kg; body fat22.9 ± 6.1%) participated. Occupational performance was assessed by time to complete a simulated fire ground test (SFGT). After 2 familiarization trials, recruits performed the following SFGT conditions in a randomized orderPT (physical training clothes), LC only, and LC + SCBA. To describe within-group differences between SFGT conditions, relative difference scores were calculated as follows% difference = ([experimental trial outcome − PT trial outcome]/PT trial outcome) × 100. Statistical differences between conditions were assessed with repeated-measures analysis of variance. The level of significance was set p < 0.01. Time to complete the LC + SCBA trial (345.9 ± 43.7 seconds; p < 0.001) and LC-only trial (331.2 ± 39.3 seconds; p < 0.001) were significantly greater than the PT trial (241.0 ± 33.3 seconds). Post-SFGT rating of perceived exertion was higher in the LC + SCBA trial (6.7 ± 1.7) and LC trial (6.4 ± 1.5) compared with the PT trial (4.7 ± 1.8; p < 0.001). Heart rate and lactate measures were similar across conditions (p = 0.488; p = 0.287). Personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly decreases the work capacity and increases the perceived effort of occupational tasks. Thus, these findings describe the additional physical demands produced by PPE and indicate that performance of firefighting tasks in an unloaded condition does not reflect work capacity in a bona fide condition. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003384 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2314021503</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>2314021503</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4754-fb4b2657d31e81c1b47059df80ace89cac04cc4b1eb6686a4bf0a58c3c8f61113</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkE1P3DAQhq2KqtBt_wFCkbhwCZ2xx4n3iFbQDyGBBD1HjnfcDSTxYieg_vsaLa0qDq0vtuzneTV-hThEOEWNy0_fblan8NdSytAbcYBaqZKkqffyGSoqDSDui_cp3QFIrbV6J_YV1kik9YG4ud1wce49u6kIvrjmmMJo--I6hinfdY_59WHutgOPGRiLiy6y735sJo7FlXPz1k7dTuDoQxzs6PiDeOttn_jjy74Q3y_Ob1dfysurz19XZ5elo1pT6VtqZaXrtUI26LClGvRy7Q1Yx2bprANyjlrktqpMZan1YLVxyhlfIaJaiJNd7jaGh5nT1Axdctz3duQwp0YqJJCoczULcfwKvQtzzHNnilRFSmlpMkU7ysWQUv5os43dYOPPBqF5Lr3JpTevS8_a0Uv43A68_iP9bjkDZgc8hT4Xl-77-Yljs2HbT5v_ZdM_VACUJGtTSpAAJkvls2nUL6U_nKw</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>2436433528</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>The Effect of Personal Protective Equipment on Firefighter Occupational Performance</title><source>MEDLINE</source><source>Journals@Ovid Complete</source><creator>Lesniak, Ashley Y. ; Bergstrom, Haley C. ; Clasey, Jody L. ; Stromberg, Arnold J. ; Abel, Mark G.</creator><creatorcontrib>Lesniak, Ashley Y. ; Bergstrom, Haley C. ; Clasey, Jody L. ; Stromberg, Arnold J. ; Abel, Mark G.</creatorcontrib><description>ABSTRACTLesniak, AY, Bergstrom, HC, Clasey, JL, Stromberg, AJ, and Abel, MG. The effect of personal protective equipment on firefighter occupational performance. J Strength Cond Res 34(8)2165–2172, 2020—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of load carriage (LC) and LC plus respirator use (LC + self-contained breathing apparatus [SCBA]) on firefightersʼ work capacity to enhance our understanding of occupational demands. Twenty-one male structural firefighter recruits (age28.6 ± 4.3 years; height178.6 ± 7.2 cm; body mass94.1 ± 15.4 kg; body fat22.9 ± 6.1%) participated. Occupational performance was assessed by time to complete a simulated fire ground test (SFGT). After 2 familiarization trials, recruits performed the following SFGT conditions in a randomized orderPT (physical training clothes), LC only, and LC + SCBA. To describe within-group differences between SFGT conditions, relative difference scores were calculated as follows% difference = ([experimental trial outcome − PT trial outcome]/PT trial outcome) × 100. Statistical differences between conditions were assessed with repeated-measures analysis of variance. The level of significance was set p < 0.01. Time to complete the LC + SCBA trial (345.9 ± 43.7 seconds; p < 0.001) and LC-only trial (331.2 ± 39.3 seconds; p < 0.001) were significantly greater than the PT trial (241.0 ± 33.3 seconds). Post-SFGT rating of perceived exertion was higher in the LC + SCBA trial (6.7 ± 1.7) and LC trial (6.4 ± 1.5) compared with the PT trial (4.7 ± 1.8; p < 0.001). Heart rate and lactate measures were similar across conditions (p = 0.488; p = 0.287). Personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly decreases the work capacity and increases the perceived effort of occupational tasks. Thus, these findings describe the additional physical demands produced by PPE and indicate that performance of firefighting tasks in an unloaded condition does not reflect work capacity in a bona fide condition.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1064-8011</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1533-4287</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003384</identifier><identifier>PMID: 31714455</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>United States: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research</publisher><subject>Adult ; Body fat ; Body mass ; Effects ; Firefighters ; Heart rate ; Heart Rate - physiology ; Humans ; Lactic acid ; Lactic Acid - blood ; Male ; Occupational Health ; Perception ; Personal protective equipment ; Physical Exertion - physiology ; Physical training ; Respiratory Protective Devices ; Studies ; Training ; Weight-Bearing - physiology ; Work capacity ; Young Adult</subject><ispartof>Journal of strength and conditioning research, 2020-08, Vol.34 (8), p.2165-2172</ispartof><rights>Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research</rights><rights>Copyright © 2020 by the National Strength & Conditioning Association.</rights><rights>Copyright Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies Aug 2020</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4754-fb4b2657d31e81c1b47059df80ace89cac04cc4b1eb6686a4bf0a58c3c8f61113</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4754-fb4b2657d31e81c1b47059df80ace89cac04cc4b1eb6686a4bf0a58c3c8f61113</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>315,781,785,27926,27927</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31714455$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Lesniak, Ashley Y.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bergstrom, Haley C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Clasey, Jody L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Stromberg, Arnold J.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Abel, Mark G.</creatorcontrib><title>The Effect of Personal Protective Equipment on Firefighter Occupational Performance</title><title>Journal of strength and conditioning research</title><addtitle>J Strength Cond Res</addtitle><description>ABSTRACTLesniak, AY, Bergstrom, HC, Clasey, JL, Stromberg, AJ, and Abel, MG. The effect of personal protective equipment on firefighter occupational performance. J Strength Cond Res 34(8)2165–2172, 2020—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of load carriage (LC) and LC plus respirator use (LC + self-contained breathing apparatus [SCBA]) on firefightersʼ work capacity to enhance our understanding of occupational demands. Twenty-one male structural firefighter recruits (age28.6 ± 4.3 years; height178.6 ± 7.2 cm; body mass94.1 ± 15.4 kg; body fat22.9 ± 6.1%) participated. Occupational performance was assessed by time to complete a simulated fire ground test (SFGT). After 2 familiarization trials, recruits performed the following SFGT conditions in a randomized orderPT (physical training clothes), LC only, and LC + SCBA. To describe within-group differences between SFGT conditions, relative difference scores were calculated as follows% difference = ([experimental trial outcome − PT trial outcome]/PT trial outcome) × 100. Statistical differences between conditions were assessed with repeated-measures analysis of variance. The level of significance was set p < 0.01. Time to complete the LC + SCBA trial (345.9 ± 43.7 seconds; p < 0.001) and LC-only trial (331.2 ± 39.3 seconds; p < 0.001) were significantly greater than the PT trial (241.0 ± 33.3 seconds). Post-SFGT rating of perceived exertion was higher in the LC + SCBA trial (6.7 ± 1.7) and LC trial (6.4 ± 1.5) compared with the PT trial (4.7 ± 1.8; p < 0.001). Heart rate and lactate measures were similar across conditions (p = 0.488; p = 0.287). Personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly decreases the work capacity and increases the perceived effort of occupational tasks. Thus, these findings describe the additional physical demands produced by PPE and indicate that performance of firefighting tasks in an unloaded condition does not reflect work capacity in a bona fide condition.</description><subject>Adult</subject><subject>Body fat</subject><subject>Body mass</subject><subject>Effects</subject><subject>Firefighters</subject><subject>Heart rate</subject><subject>Heart Rate - physiology</subject><subject>Humans</subject><subject>Lactic acid</subject><subject>Lactic Acid - blood</subject><subject>Male</subject><subject>Occupational Health</subject><subject>Perception</subject><subject>Personal protective equipment</subject><subject>Physical Exertion - physiology</subject><subject>Physical training</subject><subject>Respiratory Protective Devices</subject><subject>Studies</subject><subject>Training</subject><subject>Weight-Bearing - physiology</subject><subject>Work capacity</subject><subject>Young Adult</subject><issn>1064-8011</issn><issn>1533-4287</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2020</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>EIF</sourceid><recordid>eNqFkE1P3DAQhq2KqtBt_wFCkbhwCZ2xx4n3iFbQDyGBBD1HjnfcDSTxYieg_vsaLa0qDq0vtuzneTV-hThEOEWNy0_fblan8NdSytAbcYBaqZKkqffyGSoqDSDui_cp3QFIrbV6J_YV1kik9YG4ud1wce49u6kIvrjmmMJo--I6hinfdY_59WHutgOPGRiLiy6y735sJo7FlXPz1k7dTuDoQxzs6PiDeOttn_jjy74Q3y_Ob1dfysurz19XZ5elo1pT6VtqZaXrtUI26LClGvRy7Q1Yx2bprANyjlrktqpMZan1YLVxyhlfIaJaiJNd7jaGh5nT1Axdctz3duQwp0YqJJCoczULcfwKvQtzzHNnilRFSmlpMkU7ysWQUv5os43dYOPPBqF5Lr3JpTevS8_a0Uv43A68_iP9bjkDZgc8hT4Xl-77-Yljs2HbT5v_ZdM_VACUJGtTSpAAJkvls2nUL6U_nKw</recordid><startdate>20200801</startdate><enddate>20200801</enddate><creator>Lesniak, Ashley Y.</creator><creator>Bergstrom, Haley C.</creator><creator>Clasey, Jody L.</creator><creator>Stromberg, Arnold J.</creator><creator>Abel, Mark G.</creator><general>Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research</general><general>Copyright by the National Strength & Conditioning Association</general><general>Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies</general><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>7TS</scope><scope>K9.</scope><scope>NAPCQ</scope><scope>7X8</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20200801</creationdate><title>The Effect of Personal Protective Equipment on Firefighter Occupational Performance</title><author>Lesniak, Ashley Y. ; Bergstrom, Haley C. ; Clasey, Jody L. ; Stromberg, Arnold J. ; Abel, Mark G.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c4754-fb4b2657d31e81c1b47059df80ace89cac04cc4b1eb6686a4bf0a58c3c8f61113</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2020</creationdate><topic>Adult</topic><topic>Body fat</topic><topic>Body mass</topic><topic>Effects</topic><topic>Firefighters</topic><topic>Heart rate</topic><topic>Heart Rate - physiology</topic><topic>Humans</topic><topic>Lactic acid</topic><topic>Lactic Acid - blood</topic><topic>Male</topic><topic>Occupational Health</topic><topic>Perception</topic><topic>Personal protective equipment</topic><topic>Physical Exertion - physiology</topic><topic>Physical training</topic><topic>Respiratory Protective Devices</topic><topic>Studies</topic><topic>Training</topic><topic>Weight-Bearing - physiology</topic><topic>Work capacity</topic><topic>Young Adult</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Lesniak, Ashley Y.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bergstrom, Haley C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Clasey, Jody L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Stromberg, Arnold J.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Abel, Mark G.</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Physical Education Index</collection><collection>ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni)</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Premium</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><jtitle>Journal of strength and conditioning research</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Lesniak, Ashley Y.</au><au>Bergstrom, Haley C.</au><au>Clasey, Jody L.</au><au>Stromberg, Arnold J.</au><au>Abel, Mark G.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The Effect of Personal Protective Equipment on Firefighter Occupational Performance</atitle><jtitle>Journal of strength and conditioning research</jtitle><addtitle>J Strength Cond Res</addtitle><date>2020-08-01</date><risdate>2020</risdate><volume>34</volume><issue>8</issue><spage>2165</spage><epage>2172</epage><pages>2165-2172</pages><issn>1064-8011</issn><eissn>1533-4287</eissn><abstract>ABSTRACTLesniak, AY, Bergstrom, HC, Clasey, JL, Stromberg, AJ, and Abel, MG. The effect of personal protective equipment on firefighter occupational performance. J Strength Cond Res 34(8)2165–2172, 2020—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of load carriage (LC) and LC plus respirator use (LC + self-contained breathing apparatus [SCBA]) on firefightersʼ work capacity to enhance our understanding of occupational demands. Twenty-one male structural firefighter recruits (age28.6 ± 4.3 years; height178.6 ± 7.2 cm; body mass94.1 ± 15.4 kg; body fat22.9 ± 6.1%) participated. Occupational performance was assessed by time to complete a simulated fire ground test (SFGT). After 2 familiarization trials, recruits performed the following SFGT conditions in a randomized orderPT (physical training clothes), LC only, and LC + SCBA. To describe within-group differences between SFGT conditions, relative difference scores were calculated as follows% difference = ([experimental trial outcome − PT trial outcome]/PT trial outcome) × 100. Statistical differences between conditions were assessed with repeated-measures analysis of variance. The level of significance was set p < 0.01. Time to complete the LC + SCBA trial (345.9 ± 43.7 seconds; p < 0.001) and LC-only trial (331.2 ± 39.3 seconds; p < 0.001) were significantly greater than the PT trial (241.0 ± 33.3 seconds). Post-SFGT rating of perceived exertion was higher in the LC + SCBA trial (6.7 ± 1.7) and LC trial (6.4 ± 1.5) compared with the PT trial (4.7 ± 1.8; p < 0.001). Heart rate and lactate measures were similar across conditions (p = 0.488; p = 0.287). Personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly decreases the work capacity and increases the perceived effort of occupational tasks. Thus, these findings describe the additional physical demands produced by PPE and indicate that performance of firefighting tasks in an unloaded condition does not reflect work capacity in a bona fide condition.</abstract><cop>United States</cop><pub>Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research</pub><pmid>31714455</pmid><doi>10.1519/JSC.0000000000003384</doi><tpages>8</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 1064-8011 |
| ispartof | Journal of strength and conditioning research, 2020-08, Vol.34 (8), p.2165-2172 |
| issn | 1064-8011 1533-4287 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2314021503 |
| source | MEDLINE; Journals@Ovid Complete |
| subjects | Adult Body fat Body mass Effects Firefighters Heart rate Heart Rate - physiology Humans Lactic acid Lactic Acid - blood Male Occupational Health Perception Personal protective equipment Physical Exertion - physiology Physical training Respiratory Protective Devices Studies Training Weight-Bearing - physiology Work capacity Young Adult |
| title | The Effect of Personal Protective Equipment on Firefighter Occupational Performance |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2024-12-17T20%3A57%3A37IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20Effect%20of%20Personal%20Protective%20Equipment%20on%20Firefighter%20Occupational%20Performance&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20strength%20and%20conditioning%20research&rft.au=Lesniak,%20Ashley%20Y.&rft.date=2020-08-01&rft.volume=34&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=2165&rft.epage=2172&rft.pages=2165-2172&rft.issn=1064-8011&rft.eissn=1533-4287&rft_id=info:doi/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003384&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E2314021503%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=2436433528&rft_id=info:pmid/31714455&rfr_iscdi=true |