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Abstract：
Physical fitness is mandatory for public safety officers. Police officers experience elevated levels of cardiovascular disease and associated risks making fitness a peak concern. Officers often have more marked fitness level decreases with aging compared to the general population. This cross-sectional study investigated the cardiovascular health, muscular strength/endurance, and mobility of officers in a medium-sized police department (N = 83); (4 females, 79 males), age (36.82 ± 10 years), height (179.02 ± 7.7 cm), body mass (95.1 ± 16.29 kg) compared to American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines. The findings revealed that police officers begin their careers with above average strength but demonstrate greater declines with age than the general population. Officers also demonstrated cardiovascular fitness below ACSM standards and significant decreases with aging compared to the general population. Body fat percentages (p = 0.003) and BMI (p = 0.028) surpassed recommendations, with higher than normal increases with age. Maximum vertical jump decreased as officers age (p = 0.004). These findings support the implementation of a targeted physical fitness regimen and the resources for a program designed to improve current health and fitness, reduce the greater than expected decreases with aging, and aim to optimize occupational performance and the safeguarding of the lifelong health and well-being of officers.
摘要：
身体健康是公共安全官员的强制性要求。警务人员的心血管疾病水平升高，相关风险使健身成为人们最关注的问题。与普通人群相比，随着年龄的增长，军官的健身水平通常会有更明显的下降。这项横断面研究调查了心血管健康，肌肉力量/耐力，和中型警察局官员的流动性（N=83）；（4名女性，79名男性），年龄（36.82±10岁），高度(179.02±7.7cm),与美国运动医学学院（ACSM）指南相比，体重（95.1±16.29kg）。调查结果显示，警察的职业生涯开始时强度高于平均水平，但随着年龄的下降幅度大于普通人群。官员们还表现出低于ACSM标准的心血管健康状况，并且与普通人群相比，随着年龄的增长显着下降。体脂百分比（p=0.003）和BMI（p=0.028）超过了建议，随着年龄的增长，高于正常水平。随着军官年龄的增长，最大垂直跳跃下降（p=0.004）。这些发现支持实施有针对性的健身方案，并为旨在改善当前健康和健身的计划提供资源，随着年龄的增长，减少比预期更大的减少，并旨在优化职业表现和保障官员的终身健康和福祉。
