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Effects of Carrying Police Equipment on Spatiotemporal and Kinetic Gait Parameters in First Year Police Officers

KASOVIĆ, Mario, Lovro ŠTEFAN, Krunoslav BOROVEC, Martin ZVONAŘ, Jan CACEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Effects of Carrying Police Equipment on Spatiotemporal and Kinetic Gait Parameters in First Year Police Officers

Authors

KASOVIĆ, Mario (191 Croatia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lovro ŠTEFAN (191 Croatia, belonging to the institution), Krunoslav BOROVEC (191 Croatia), Martin ZVONAŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel (Switzerland), MDPI AG, 2020, 1660-4601

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.390

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/20:00116555

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

DOI

UT WoS

000565048600001

Keywords in English

load; distribution; walking; force; special population

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 24/7/2023 13:24, Mgr. Pavlína Roučová, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

The main purpose of the study was to explore the effects of carrying police equipment on spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters. Two-hundred and seventy-five healthy men and women attending police academy (32% women) were randomly recruited. Gait analysis without and with a police equipment load (approximate to 3.5 kg) was analyzed using the Zebris pressure platform. Differences and effect sizes were calculated using a Studentt-test and Wilcoxon test for dependent samples and Cohen's D statistics. In both men and women, carrying police equipment significantly increased the foot rotation (effect size 0.13-0.25), step width (0.13-0.33), step time (0.25), stride time (0.13-0.25) and peak plantar pressure beneath the forefoot (0.16-0.30), midfoot (0.15-0.32) and hindfoot (0.13-0.25) region of the foot. Significant reductions in the step length (0.12-0.25), stride length (0.14-0.23), cadence (0.15-0.28) and walking speed (0.20-0.22) were observed in both sexes. Although significant, the effect sizes were mostly trivial in men and small in women. Our study shows significant changes in the spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters when carrying police equipment for both men and women. Although the effect sizes are trivial to small, carrying police equipment of approximate to 3.5 kg may have a negative impact on gait characteristics in first-year police officers.