Skeletal muscle fitness and physiology as determinants of firefighter performance and safety: a narrative review.

IF 2 3区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Ergonomics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-14 DOI:10.1080/00140139.2024.2352719

Ryan A Gordon, Matthew L Sokoloski, Emily L Zumbro, Chris J Irvine, Michael Oldham, Natalie Morgan

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Abstract

Firefighters routinely perform tasks that are reliant on their muscular fitness, which includes muscular strength, power and endurance. Separately, firefighters can present with unique skeletal muscle physiology characteristics due to the strenuous nature of this occupation. This review aims to summarise muscular fitness and physiology as determinants of a firefighter's ability to perform occupation-specific tasks, identify the relevance of both muscular fitness and physiology to a firefighter's risk for sustaining a work-related injury, and address the contributions of muscular fitness and physiology on a firefighter's ability to recover from tasks and their readiness for performing subsequent or future tasks. The presented evidence reveals muscular fitness can determine a firefighter's capacity to perform their job effectively, while also influencing risk for occupational injury. Collectively, this review indicates exercise training emphasising improvements in muscular strength, power, and endurance (i.e. resistance training) should be encouraged in this occupation.

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作为消防员表现和安全决定因素的骨骼肌体能和生理学：叙述性综述。

消防员日常执行的任务依赖于他们的肌肉健康，包括肌肉力量、力量和耐力。另外，由于消防员这一职业的剧烈性质，他们的骨骼肌生理学特征也很独特。本综述旨在总结作为消防员执行特定职业任务能力决定因素的肌肉体能和生理学，确定肌肉体能和生理学与消防员遭受工伤风险的相关性，并探讨肌肉体能和生理学对消防员从任务中恢复的能力及其执行后续或未来任务的准备状态的贡献。所提供的证据显示，肌肉健康状况可以决定消防员有效完成工作的能力，同时也会影响工伤风险。综上所述，本综述表明，应鼓励在这一职业中开展强调提高肌肉力量、功率和耐力的运动训练（即阻力训练）。

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Ergonomics 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

147

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ergonomics, also known as human factors, is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand and improve human interactions with products, equipment, environments and systems. Drawing upon human biology, psychology, engineering and design, Ergonomics aims to develop and apply knowledge and techniques to optimise system performance, whilst protecting the health, safety and well-being of individuals involved. The attention of ergonomics extends across work, leisure and other aspects of our daily lives. The journal Ergonomics is an international refereed publication, with a 60 year tradition of disseminating high quality research. Original submissions, both theoretical and applied, are invited from across the subject, including physical, cognitive, organisational and environmental ergonomics. Papers reporting the findings of research from cognate disciplines are also welcome, where these contribute to understanding equipment, tasks, jobs, systems and environments and the corresponding needs, abilities and limitations of people. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.