The effects of body armour on the power development and agility of police officers.
Law enforcement
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occupational health and safety
personal protective equipment
Journal
Ergonomics
ISSN: 1366-5847
Titre abrégé: Ergonomics
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0373220
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
26
7
2019
medline:
7
2
2020
entrez:
26
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A study was conducted in which 11 police officers wore one of three different types of Individual Light Armour Vests (ILAV), or normal station wear, for an entire day while completing power and agility-based tasks including a vertical jump (VJ), agility test, 20 m sprint and counter movement jump (CMJ). Despite all three ILAVs being significantly (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31343395
doi: 10.1080/00140139.2019.1648878
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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