J 2020

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.

Základní údaje

Originální název

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

Autoři

KASOVIĆ, Mario (191 Chorvatsko, garant, domácí), Lovro ŠTEFAN (191 Chorvatsko, domácí), Krunoslav BOROVEC (191 Chorvatsko), Martin ZVONAŘ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Jan CACEK (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

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

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.390

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14510/20:00116555

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sportovních studií

UT WoS

000565048600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

load; distribution; walking; force; special population

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 24. 7. 2023 13:24, Mgr. Pavlína Roučová, DiS.

Anotace

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.