Dawes, James

Flores, Richard R.

Holmes, Ryan

Kornhauser, Charlie

Orr, Rob Marc

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Percentile rankings are frequently used to help characterize what is usual in a defined population and can be used to establish a baseline score for a group of measurements in a specific population To improve the accuracy and value of this information it is important that the individuals being compared are representative of the population in which specific percentile rankings were derived. Currently, there is little information regarding percentile rankings specific to individuals within the law enforcement community. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish normative data specific to highway patrol officers on selected measures of physical fitness

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Bond UniversityResearch RepositoryPercentile rankings for selected physical fitness tests in highway patrol officersDawes, James; Flores, Richard R.; Orr, Rob Marc; Kornhauser, Charlie; Holmes, RyanPublished: 01/11/2016Document Version:Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in Bond University research repository.Recommended citation(APA):Dawes, J., Flores, R. R., Orr, R. M., Kornhauser, C., & Holmes, R. (2016). Percentile rankings for selectedphysical fitness tests in highway patrol officers. Poster session presented at ASCA National Conference onApplied Strength and Conditioning, Melbourne, Australia.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.For more information, or if you believe that this document breaches copyright, please contact the Bond University research repositorycoordinator.Download date: 10 May 20191,2J.Jay Dawes, 1Richard Flores 1,2Robin Orr, 3Charles Kornhauser, 3Ryan Holmes1Department of Health Sciences, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO. USA2Tactical Research Unit, Bond University, Robina, QLD, AUSTRALIA3Colorado State Highway Patrol, Golden, CO., USA                                                                       Email: jdawes@uccs.eduBLUFThe percentile ranking of fitness measures for a specific law enforcement agency have been developed thereby allowing for more valid inter-officer comparisons than previous comparisons to the general population. INTRODUCTIONPercentile rankings are frequently used to help characterize what is usual in a defined population and can be used to establish a baseline score for a group of measurements in a specific population To improve the accuracy and value of this information it is important that the individuals being compared are representative of the population in which specific percentile rankings were derived. Currently, there is little information regarding percentile rankings specific to individuals within the law enforcement community. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish normative data specific to highway patrol officers on selected measures of physical fitness. RESULTSThe percentile ranks for each measure and the law enforcement population as a whole are shown in Table 1.METHODSRetrospective data for six-hundred and twenty-three state troopers (♂n=583; mean age = 39.52 ± 8.09 yrs; mean height = 180.72 ± 7.06 cm; mean weight = 93.85 ± 15.75 kg: ♀ n= 30; mean age = 36.20 ± 8.45 yrs; mean height = 169.62 ± 6.65 cm; mean weight = 74.17 ± 14.95 kg), as well as 1-minute push-up and sit-up scores, 20m Multi-stage fitness tests scores, and vertical jump height were provided for analysis. This data were collected as part of the agencies normal yearly fitness assessment with the percentile values calculated for the total sample of officers. For the purpose of this analysis the data was not stratified by age and gender as this is considered a potentially discriminatory practice within this community. Normative values for physical fitness tests among highway patrol officers from the 5th to the 95th percentile are provided. PERCENTILE RANKINGS FOR SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTS IN HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONCoaches working with law enforcement officers may find these outcomes more useful than those of the general population as an initial baseline percentile rating until sub-population specific data can be collected and analyzed.DISCUSSIONThese reference values provide normative data for highway patrol officers that can be used to compare inter-officer fitness on the selected tests featured within this population. Table I: Percentile Rankings for Incumbent Officers (Metric)Percentile RankingPush-ups                                 (#)N = 613Sit-ups                          (#)N = 61620m MSFT(Level/Stage) N = 582Vertical  Jump (cm)N = 62395 64.22 51.11 8/9 65.2290 58.53 47.41 8/1 61.8685 54.74 44.94 7/7 59.6380 51.58 42.88 7/3 57.7675 48.89 41.13 6/10 56.1870 46.52 39.59 6/7 54.7865 44.46 38.25 6/4 53.5760 42.25 36.81 6/1 52.2655 40.35 35.57 5/8 51.1450 38.3 34.24 5/5 49.9345 36.24 32.90 5/3 48.7240 34.34 31.66 5/1 47.6035 32.13 30.22 4/7 46.3030 30.07 28.88 4/4 45.0825 27.70 27.34 4/1 43.6920 25.01 25.59 3/6 42.1015 21.85 23.53 3/2 40.2410 18.06 21.06 2/5 38.005 12.37 17.36 1/5 34.64

Percentile rankings for selected physical fitness tests in highway patrol officers

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Percentile rankings for selected physical fitness tests in highway patrol officers

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