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.