Assessment of physical fitness aspects and their relationship to firefighters' job abilities

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 956-965

  Michaelides, Marcos A ^a   Parpa, Koulla M ^a   Henry, Leah J ^a   Thompson, Gerald B ^b   Brown, Barry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Fayetteville Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal strength; Ability test; Anaerobic power

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; FIRE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FIRES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953898246     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181cc23ea     Document Type: Article

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