Affiliations: [a]
Police Sports Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Police, United Arab Emirates
| [b]
Higher College for Education of Trainers and Managers in Sport, “Football Academy”, Belgrade, Serbia
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Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, USA
| [d] Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Serbia
| [e]
Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: Katie M. Heinrich PhD, Kansas State University, Department of Kinesiology, 920 Denison Ave, Natatorium 8, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA. Tel.: +1 785 236 8788; Fax: +1 785 532 6486; E-mail: kmhphd@ksu.edu.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Body anthropometrics are biologically predetermined, while morphology responds to energy intake and output and stressors, thus impacting health. Fitness is impacted by these bodily characteristics. OBJECTIVE:This study determined to what degree anthropomorphic measures and age of police officers determined 2.4 km running performance. METHODS:Age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and 2.4 km running time (RUN) of 1916 male police officers were directly measured and analyzed. After determining correlations of anthropomorphic variables with RUN. Stepwise linear regressions evaluated individual associations of age, height, weight, BMI, WC, and WHtR with RUN, to determine the model with the highest predictive value of RUN performance. RESULTS:WHtR was the strongest RUN predictor (r = 0.672, R2 = 0.451, p < 0.001), while the best predictive model apart from WHtR also included age and BM (R2 = 0.556, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:WHtR was the strongest anthropomorphic predictor of RUN performance. As a predictor, WHtR provides information on both anthropometric and morphology components of police officers. Its utilization among police occupations may be more effective than BMI as it better relates to performance.
Keywords: Aerobic capacity, waist circumference, WHtR, law enforcement, testing
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205105
Journal: Work, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 1097-1104, 2022
