背景:执法人员经历高压力水平并执行各种身体任务。因此,执法学院强调体能训练和评估。
目的:检查体能测试表现,并确定哪个入门级体能组件最能预测执法学院成功毕业的可能性。
方法:新兵(151名男性,42名女性)完成了最初的学院适应性测试:一次重复的最大卧推,俯卧撑,仰卧起坐,引体向上,坐下来,跑1.5英里,和工作性能测试。采用卡方检验和t检验检验性别差异。相关系数评估关系,而后勤回归确定了预测毕业的最佳健身成分(p<0.05)。
结果:除引体向上外,男性的健身表现更好,仰卧起坐和达到(p<0.05)。性别之间低于平均水平的健身表现分布相似,大多数新兵在所有测试中的表现均低于平均水平。性别,年龄,俯卧撑,引体向上解释了毕业率差异的18%(p<0.05)。男性毕业的可能性是4.68(p<0.05)倍,但其他预测因素并不显著。
结论:没有一项适应度测试可以预测毕业的可能性,并且大多数表现都低于平均水平,表明熟练掌握多个健身组件的重要性。考虑到较低的健身表现和毕业率,女性可以在进入学院之前进一步受益于培训计划。
BACKGROUND: Law enforcement officers experience high stress levels and perform various physical tasks. Thus, law enforcement academies emphasize physical fitness training and assessment.
OBJECTIVE: To examine fitness test-performances and determine which entry-level fitness components best predict likelihood of successful law enforcement academy graduation.
METHODS: Recruits (151 males, 42 females) completed initial academy fitness testing: one-repetition maximum bench press, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, sit-and-reach, 1.5-mile run, and work performance test. Chi-square and t-tests were used to examine gender differences. Correlation coefficients assessed relationships, while logistical regression determined the best fitness components for predicting graduation (p < 0.05).
RESULTS: Males had greater fitness performances except pull-ups, sit-ups and sit and reach (p < 0.05). Distributions of below average fitness performances were similar between genders with majority of recruits performing below average on all tests. Gender, age, push-ups, and pull-ups explained 18% of the variance in graduation rates (p < 0.05). Males were 4.68 (p < 0.05) times more likely to graduate, but other predictors were not significant.
CONCLUSIONS: No single fitness test predicted the likelihood of graduation and majority of performances were below average, suggesting the importance for proficiency across multiple fitness components. Considering lower fitness performances and graduation rates, females may further benefit from training programs prior to academy entrance.