ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2012
Acute effects of firefighting on cardiac performance.
Article in European journal of applied physiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Working hours, sleep, and fatigue in the public safety sector: A scoping review of the research.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Occupational Exposure in Firefighters Based on Self-Reported Survey Data.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Effect of live-fire training on ventricular-vascular coupling.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
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- Urinary Proteomics of Simulated Firefighting Tasks and Its Relation to Fitness Parameters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cardiometabolic health among United States firefighters by age.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors by BMI and Age in United States Firefighters.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Article
- Firefighter hemodynamic responses to different fire training environments.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2021Article
- We Need You: Influence of Hiring Demand and Modified Applicant Testing on the Physical Fitness of Law Enforcement Recruits.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Electrocardiographic Responses Following Live-Fire Firefighting Drills.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Cardiovascular health effects following exposure of human volunteers during fire extinction exercises.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2017Article
- Myocardial functional responses do not contribute to maximal exercise performance in the heat.Extreme physiology & medicine · 2015Article
- Extreme sacrifice: sudden cardiac death in the US Fire Service.Extreme physiology & medicine · 2013Article
- Evaluation of carotid wave intensity in firefighters following firefighting.European journal of applied physiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
This study examined standard echocardiographic measures of cardiac size and performance in response to a 3-h firefighting training exercise. Forty experienced male personnel completed a standardized 3 h live firefighting exercise. Before and after the firefighting activities, participants were weighed, height, heart rate, blood pressure and blood samples were obtained, and echocardiographic measurements were made. Firefighting produced significant decreases in left ventricular diastolic dimension, stroke volume, fractional shortening, and mitral E velocity, tachycardia, a rise in core temperature, and a reduction in calculated plasma volume. On tissue Doppler imaging, there were no changes in systolic contractile function, but a decreased lateral wall diastolic velocity was observed. These findings show that 3 h of live firefighting produced cardiac changes consistent with cardiac fatigue, coupled with a decrease in systemic arterial compliance. These data show that live firefighting produces significant cardiovascular changes and future work is needed to evaluate if these changes are related to the increase in cardiovascular risk during live firefighting.
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