Body Composition Is Related to Maximal Effort Treadmill Test Time in Firefighters
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Study Design
2.2. Anthropometric Data
2.3. Aerobic Capacity Testing
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Submaximal WFI Treadmill Test
4.2. Maximal Treadmill Test
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean ± SD | Range | |
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Age (yrs) | 35.27 ± 8.28 | 22.00–49.00 |
Height (m) | 1.79 ± 0.07 | 1.70–1.91 |
Weight (kg) | 89.14 ± 16.09 | 64.18–122.56 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.64 ± 4.76 | 22.00–39.90 |
Body Fat (%) | 20.19 ± 3.49 | 15.25–25.42 |
Max HR (bpm) | 186.0 ± 9.65 | 168.00–199.00 |
P-VO2peak (mL/kg/min) | 44.09 ± 4.61 | 33.43–49.35 |
VO2peak (mL/kg/min) | 45.11 ± 5.12 | 35.90–54.20 |
WFIsub Test Time (min) | 7.54 ± 1.38 | 4.83–10.75 |
WFImax Test Time (min) | 12.23 ± 1.58 | 8.68–14.75 |
Tdiff (min) | 4.69 ± 0.82 | 3.38–6.27 |
VO2peak | MHR | WFIsub Test Time | WFImax Test Time | Tdiff | |
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BF% | −0.762 ** | 0.053 | −0.426 | −0.704 ** | −0.636 * |
VO2peak | −0.093 | 0.711 ** | 0.863 ** | 0.462 | |
MHR | −0.173 | −0.085 | 0.127 | ||
WFIsub Test Time | 0.853 ** | −0.040 | |||
WFImax Test Time | 0.487 |
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Mendelson, B.J.; Marciniak, R.A.; Wahl, C.A.; Ebersole, K.T. Body Composition Is Related to Maximal Effort Treadmill Test Time in Firefighters. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1607. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111607
Mendelson BJ, Marciniak RA, Wahl CA, Ebersole KT. Body Composition Is Related to Maximal Effort Treadmill Test Time in Firefighters. Healthcare. 2023; 11(11):1607. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111607
Chicago/Turabian StyleMendelson, Benjamin J., Rudi A. Marciniak, Carly A. Wahl, and Kyle T. Ebersole. 2023. "Body Composition Is Related to Maximal Effort Treadmill Test Time in Firefighters" Healthcare 11, no. 11: 1607. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111607