The Correlation between Core Muscular Endurance, Body Composition, and Back Pain in Firefighters: An Observational Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Protocol
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Post Hoc Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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All Subjects | Subjects with Back Pain | Subjects without Back Pain | ||||
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M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
Age (years) | 34.59 | (8.56) | 34.92 | (8.27) | 33.76 | (9.46) |
Height (cm) | 173.17 | (4.42) | 179.69 | (7.38) | 179.00 | (8.84) |
Weight (kg) | 96.00 | (23.40) | 94.31 | (20.92) | 101.00 | (30.21) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 30.28 | (6.39) | 29.87 | (5.91) | 31.30 | (7.52) |
Years of service | 11.01 | (8.39) | 10.67 | (8.08) | 11.67 | (9.1) |
Back Pain Score | 6.63 | (7.10) | 9.95 | (6.52) | 0 | (0) |
Plank Hold Time (s) | 142.85 | (70.03) | 132.48 | (55.14) | 160.13 | (89.10) |
Body Fat% | 25.18 | (8.82) | 25.21 | (8.55) | 25.10 | (9.72) |
Lean Mass (kg) | 19.10 | (2.91) | 18.96 | (2.53) | 19.47 | (3.75) |
Fat Mass (kg) | 26.33 | (13.80) | 24.37 | (11.43) | 31.09 | (17.83) |
Trunk Fat Mass (kg) | 32.40 | (4.96) | 32.18 | (4.5) | 32.95 | (6.52) |
Trunk Fat% | 109.27 | (6.66) | 108.77 | (6.80) | 110.54 | (6.34) |
Total Body Water (kg) | 52.47 | (7.98) | 52.10 | (6.91) | 53.42 | (10.35) |
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Sanregret, S.; Kohler, A.A.; Moore, A.R.; Holland-Winkler, A.M. The Correlation between Core Muscular Endurance, Body Composition, and Back Pain in Firefighters: An Observational Study. Muscles 2023, 2, 353-360. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles2040027
Sanregret S, Kohler AA, Moore AR, Holland-Winkler AM. The Correlation between Core Muscular Endurance, Body Composition, and Back Pain in Firefighters: An Observational Study. Muscles. 2023; 2(4):353-360. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles2040027
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanregret, Shelby, Austin Alan Kohler, Andrew Ray Moore, and Angelia Maleah Holland-Winkler. 2023. "The Correlation between Core Muscular Endurance, Body Composition, and Back Pain in Firefighters: An Observational Study" Muscles 2, no. 4: 353-360. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles2040027
APA StyleSanregret, S., Kohler, A. A., Moore, A. R., & Holland-Winkler, A. M. (2023). The Correlation between Core Muscular Endurance, Body Composition, and Back Pain in Firefighters: An Observational Study. Muscles, 2(4), 353-360. https://doi.org/10.3390/muscles2040027