Occupational fitness standards for beach lifeguards. Phase 2: The development of an easily administered fitness test

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Reilly, Tara ^a   Iggleden, C ^a   Gennser, M ^b   Tipton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fitness standards; Lifeguarding; Occupational fitness; Rescue

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BEACH LIFEGUARD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTOID MUSCLE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SEASHORE; SWIMMING POOL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESCUE WORK; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30844460575     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi168     Document Type: Article

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