Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test

[EN] The Pack Test (PT) is a widely used test to establish readiness for work in wildland firefighting. It is common to perform this test dressed in regular exercise clothing. However, wildland firefighters (WFF) have to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during their deployments, which increa...

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Autores: Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén, Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge, García-Heras Hernández, Fabio, Sánchez Collado, María Pilar, Villa Vicente, José Gerardo, Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/18901
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18901
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Educación Física
Wildland Firefighting
Personal Protective Equipment
Readiness For Work
Physical Employment Standards
Work Capacity
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spelling Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack TestCarballo Leyenda, Ana BelénGutiérrez Arroyo, JorgeGarcía-Heras Hernández, FabioSánchez Collado, María PilarVilla Vicente, José GerardoRodríguez Marroyo, José AntonioEducación FísicaWildland FirefightingPersonal Protective EquipmentReadiness For WorkPhysical Employment StandardsWork Capacity[EN] The Pack Test (PT) is a widely used test to establish readiness for work in wildland firefighting. It is common to perform this test dressed in regular exercise clothing. However, wildland firefighters (WFF) have to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during their deployments, which increases the physiological strain and reduces their work capacity. This study aimed to analyse the impact of full PPE on PT performance. Nine male professional WFF performed in random order a PT walking at the fastest possible self-pace wearing two different clothing configurations: (i) traditional short sports gear (SG) and (ii) the PPE currently used by Spanish WFF. Heart rate (HR), rating of perceived exertion and lap time were recorded during the PT. In addition, oxygen uptake (VO2) was estimated through the individual VO2–HR relationship previously obtained during a graded exercise test. There was a significant decrease in the PT performance (i.e., completion time) (~12%, p < 0.05) in PPE. The physiological demands with this configuration were significantly higher (~10%, p < 0.05). WFF spent ~13 min above the anaerobic threshold in PPE vs. ~4 min in SG. A multiple stepwise regression analysis revealed that PT performance variation might be explained by the maximal aerobic velocity (84.5%) in PPE and the VO2max (75.9%) in SG. In conclusion, wearing complete PPE increases WFF’s physiological strain, which translates into a significant PT performance reduction. Performing the test walking at the fastest possible self-pace wearing the PPE would better reflect the high-intensity effort periods reported in real scenarios.MDPIEducacion Fisica y DeportivaFacultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10612/18901reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad de LeónIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/189012026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
title Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
spellingShingle Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Educación Física
Wildland Firefighting
Personal Protective Equipment
Readiness For Work
Physical Employment Standards
Work Capacity
title_short Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
title_full Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
title_fullStr Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
title_sort Influence of Personal Protective Equipment on Wildland Firefighters’ Physiological Response and Performance during the Pack Test
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge
García-Heras Hernández, Fabio
Sánchez Collado, María Pilar
Villa Vicente, José Gerardo
Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
author Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
author_facet Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge
García-Heras Hernández, Fabio
Sánchez Collado, María Pilar
Villa Vicente, José Gerardo
Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge
García-Heras Hernández, Fabio
Sánchez Collado, María Pilar
Villa Vicente, José Gerardo
Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Educacion Fisica y Deportiva
Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Educación Física
Wildland Firefighting
Personal Protective Equipment
Readiness For Work
Physical Employment Standards
Work Capacity
topic Educación Física
Wildland Firefighting
Personal Protective Equipment
Readiness For Work
Physical Employment Standards
Work Capacity
description [EN] The Pack Test (PT) is a widely used test to establish readiness for work in wildland firefighting. It is common to perform this test dressed in regular exercise clothing. However, wildland firefighters (WFF) have to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during their deployments, which increases the physiological strain and reduces their work capacity. This study aimed to analyse the impact of full PPE on PT performance. Nine male professional WFF performed in random order a PT walking at the fastest possible self-pace wearing two different clothing configurations: (i) traditional short sports gear (SG) and (ii) the PPE currently used by Spanish WFF. Heart rate (HR), rating of perceived exertion and lap time were recorded during the PT. In addition, oxygen uptake (VO2) was estimated through the individual VO2–HR relationship previously obtained during a graded exercise test. There was a significant decrease in the PT performance (i.e., completion time) (~12%, p < 0.05) in PPE. The physiological demands with this configuration were significantly higher (~10%, p < 0.05). WFF spent ~13 min above the anaerobic threshold in PPE vs. ~4 min in SG. A multiple stepwise regression analysis revealed that PT performance variation might be explained by the maximal aerobic velocity (84.5%) in PPE and the VO2max (75.9%) in SG. In conclusion, wearing complete PPE increases WFF’s physiological strain, which translates into a significant PT performance reduction. Performing the test walking at the fastest possible self-pace wearing the PPE would better reflect the high-intensity effort periods reported in real scenarios.
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