Brown, Will

Dawes, Jay

Dulla, Joseph

Lockie, Robert G.

Orr, Rob Marc

Schram, Ben

English

Background: Law enforcement officers are required to perform physical tasks as part of their occupational duties. These tasks, which can include chasing and wrestling with offenders in unpredictable situations, can lead to a variety of injuries. Return-to-work programs need to progress to a level that can return an officer to these task requirements, yet progression within this training must be structured so as not to reinjure the officer.Purpose: To investigate relationships between general fitness assessments and specific law enforcement occupational assessments in order to inform return-to-work planning for injured Sheriff's deputy law enforcement officers.Methods: Retrospective data were collected from 91 male (age= 41.69±7.17 years: height = 178.28±6.77 cm: mass=95.17±16.95 kg) and 6 female (age= 42.50±7.12 years: height = 169.55±6.51 cm: mass=82.35±18.11 kg) US Sheriff deputies attending patrol school. The deputies completed general fitness measures of muscular power (vertical jump [VJ]: 20 yard sprint [20SP]), muscular endurance (maximum push-ups (1PU) and sit-ups (1SU) in 1-min), strength (hand grip strength [GS]: leg/back dynamometer pull [LBPull]), and established simulated occupational assessment tasks (2.2 m fence jump; 8.5 m victim drag, and a get-up task). Person's correlations were run to determine the relationships between the fitness and occupational measures with alpha set at 0.05 a priori. The Bond University Human Research Ethics Committee approved this archival data study.Results: The power and speed measures (VJ and 20SP) exhibited the strongest relationships to all occupational tasks; fence jump (VJ r=-.609, 20SP r=.556), victim drag (VJ r=-.522, 20SP r=.657), and get-up (VJ r=-.609, 20SP r=.539). This was followed by the muscular endurance (1PU and 1SU) measures; fence jump (1PU r=-.408, 1SU r=-.477), victim drag (1PU r=-.396, 1 SU -.392), and get-up (1PU r=-.414, 1SU -.545). The strength measures (GS and LBPull) were only related to the victim drag (GS r=-.352, LBPull r=-.328) and get-up (GS r=-.247, LBPull r=-.203).Conclusion(s): The results from this study indicated that general fitness measures were related to occupation-specific assessments in Sheriff's deputies, although the strength of the relationship varied. Improvements in measures of lower body muscular power (e.g. jumping), speed (e.g. sprinting), and upper-body and abdominals muscular endurance may help prepare injured law enforcement officers for more arduous occupational tasks as part of their return-to-work programming. Of note, these general fitness measures may provide an indication of physical readiness to begin more advanced occupationally specific assessment tasks for injured law enforcement officers.Implications: General fitness measures of muscular power, speed and muscular endurance may be of use in early return-to-work rehabilitation to guide preparedness to undertake more workplace-specific tasks in Sheriff deputies

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Bond UniversityResearch RepositoryUsing Fitness Measures to aid in the Return to Work of Injured Sheriff’s DeputiesOrr, Rob Marc; Dawes, Jay; Lockie, Robert G.; Schram, Ben; Brown, Will; Dulla, JosephPublished: 11/05/2019Document Version:Peer reviewed versionLink to publication in Bond University research repository.Recommended citation(APA):Orr, R. M., Dawes, J., Lockie, R. G., Schram, B., Brown, W., & Dulla, J. (2019). Using Fitness Measures to aid inthe Return to Work of Injured Sheriff’s Deputies. Poster session presented at World Confederation for PhysicalTherapy Congress 2019, Geneva, Switzerland.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: 17 Oct 2019Using fitness measures to aid in the Return-to-Work of Injured Sheriff’s DeputiesRobin M Orra,b, Jay Dawesc, Robert Lockied, Ben Schrama,b, William Brownb , and Joe DullaeaTactical Research Unit, Bond University, Queensland, Australia; bFaculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University; cOklahoma State University, OK, USA; dCalifornia State Fullerton, California, USA; eLos Angeles Sherrif’s Department, California, USA References1. Orr, R.M., Wilson, A.F., Pope, R. & Hinton, B. (Post Review) Profiling the routine tasks of police officers. Work2. Lockie, R.G., Balfany, K., Bloodgood, A.M., Moreno, M.R., Cesario, K.A., Dulla, J.M., Dawes, J.J. & Orr, R.M. (2018). The influence of physical fitness on reasons for academy separation in law enforcement recruits. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(3), 372-385 doi:10.3390/ijerph16030372.BackgroundLaw enforcement officers are required to perform physical tasks as part of their occupational duties.1These tasks, which can include chasing and wrestling with offenders in unpredictable situations, can lead to a variety of injuries.1As poor fitness is associated with an increased risk of injury,2  return-to-work programs need to progress to a level that can return an officer to these task requirements.However, the progression within this training must be structured so as not to reinjure the officer and the correct fitness requirements must be targeted.MethodsRetrospective data were collected from US Sheriff deputies attending patrol school. • n=91 male; age= 41.69±7.17 years; height = 178.28±6.77 cm; mass=95.17±16.95 kg: and • n=6 female; age= 42.50±7.12 years: height = 169.55±6.51 cm; mass=82.35±18.11 kg.The deputies completed general fitness and measures of:• Muscular power (vertical jump [VJ] & 20 yard sprint [20SP]), • Muscular endurance (maximum push-ups (1PU) and sit-ups (1SU) in 1-min), • Strength (hand grip strength [GS]: leg/back dynamometer pull [LBPull]), and The deputies also completed occupationalmeasures of:• A 2.2 m fence jump; • 8.5 m victim drag, and • a get-up task. Person’s correlations were run to determine the relationships between the fitness and occupational measures with alpha set at 0.05 a priori. The Bond University Human Research Ethics Committee approved this archival data study.ResultsThe power and speed measures (VJ and 20SP) exhibited the strongest relationships to all occupational tasks; • fence jump (VJ r=-.609, 20SP r=.556), • victim drag (VJ r=-.522, 20SP r=.657), • get-up (VJ r=-.609, 20SP r=.539). This was followed by the muscular endurance • (1PU and 1SU) measures; • fence jump (1PU r=-.408, 1SU r=-.477), • victim drag(1PU r=-.396, 1 SU -.392), • get-up (1PU r=-.414, 1SU -.545). The strength measures (GS and LBPull) were only related to • victim drag (GS r=-.352, LBPull r=-.328) • get-up (GS r=-.247, LBPull r=-.203).Discussion The results from this study indicated that general fitness measures were related to occupation-specific assessments in Sheriff’s deputies, although the strength of the relationship varied. Improvements in measures of lower body muscular power (e.g. jumping), speed (e.g. sprinting), and upper-body and abdominals muscular endurance may help prepare injured law enforcement officers for more arduous occupational tasks as part of their return-to-work programming. Of note, these general fitness measures may provide an indication of physical readiness to begin more advanced occupationally specific assessment tasks for injured law enforcement officers.PurposeTo investigate relationships between general fitness assessments and specific law enforcement occupational assessments in order to inform return-to-work planning for injured Sheriff’s deputy law enforcement officers. Contact: rorr@bond.edu.auImplicationsGeneral fitness measures of muscular power, speed and muscular endurance may be of use in early return-to-work rehabilitation to guide preparedness to undertake more workplace-specific tasks in Sheriff deputies.

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