Profiling the Typical Training Load of a Law Enforcement Recruit Class.

ABSTRACT: Law enforcement academies, designed to prepare recruits for their prospective career, represent periods of high physical and mental stress, potentially contributing to recruits' injuries. Managing stress via monitoring training loads may mitigate injuries while ensuring adequate preparation. However, it is vital to first understand an academy's typical training load. The aim of this study was to profile the typical training load of law enforcement recruits over the course of 22 weeks. Data were prospectively collected using global positioning system (GPS) units placed on recruits during a portion of the academy training, while a desktop analysis was retrospectively applied to six other classes. A Bland-Altman plot was conducted to assess the agreement between the two methods. A linear mixe

SUBMITTER: Maupin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9603164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature