ArticleResearch quarterly for exercise and sport2012
The relationship between physical activity and thermal protective clothing on functional balance in firefighters.
Article in Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of On-Duty Resistance Training Fatigue on Neuromuscular Function in Structural Firefighters.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of inter-limb leg lean tissue mass asymmetry on stair climb performance in career firefighters.Ergonomics · 2025Article
- A review of test methods for evaluating mobility of firefighters wearing personal protective equipment.Industrial health · 2022Review
- Characterization and Modeling of Thermal Protective and Thermo-Physiological Comfort Performance of Polymeric Textile Materials-A Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Relationships Between Neuromuscular Function and Functional Balance Performance in Firefighters.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with Gait Changes among Firefighters after a Live Burn Training Evolution.Safety and health at work · 2017Article
- Multivariate statistical assessment of predictors of firefighters' muscular and aerobic work capacity.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
We investigated the relationship between baseline physical training and the use of firefighting thermal protective clothing (TPC) with breathing apparatus on functional balance. Twenty-three male firefighters performed a functional balance test under four gear/clothing conditions. Participants were divided into groups by physical training status, and task performance was analyzed. There was an effect of equipment and training status on performance with the group reporting both aerobic and resistance training performing better than the group reporting no physical training. In conclusion, firefighters walk more slowly as a strategy to maintain balance when wearing TPC, which may be suboptimal given the emergent nature of fire suppression. This result was most prominent in the group reporting no physical training.
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