Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters

[EN] The work performed by wildland firefighters (WFFs) is very demanding owing to the conditions in which they have to operate. It has been reported that these professionals walk long distances over unstable and steep terrain carrying heavy loads, handle tools manually and repeatedly and are subjec...

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Autores: León Guereño, Patxi, García-Heras Hernández, Fabio, Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge, Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén, Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/18902
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18902
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Educación Física
Chronic Pain
Wildland Firefighters
Physical Employment
Physical Exercise
Occupational Health
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spelling Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland FirefightersLeón Guereño, PatxiGarcía-Heras Hernández, FabioGutiérrez Arroyo, JorgeCarballo Leyenda, Ana BelénRodríguez Marroyo, José AntonioEducación FísicaChronic PainWildland FirefightersPhysical EmploymentPhysical ExerciseOccupational Health[EN] The work performed by wildland firefighters (WFFs) is very demanding owing to the conditions in which they have to operate. It has been reported that these professionals walk long distances over unstable and steep terrain carrying heavy loads, handle tools manually and repeatedly and are subject to a high level of thermal stress. Under such conditions, the risk of developing chronic pain (CP) is high, although despite this, there are no available data pertaining to CP among WFFs, to the best of our knowledge. As such, the aim of this study is to describe CP in Spanish helitack crews, for which purpose 221 WFFs (203 men and 18 women) completed an online self-report questionnaire. Approximately 60% of WFFs reported suffering from CP, of which 45.5% had CP in more than one body region at the same time. Age and length of service were associated with the probability of suffering from CP. Likewise, the age and height of WFFs and weight of the protective equipment used increased the prevalence of CP. Lastly, gender and job position affected CP location, with women and forepersons reporting greater prevalence of CP in the lower limbs. To conclude, the results obtained suggest the major prevalence of CP among Spanish WFFs, with current data suggesting in turn the importance that age, stature, gender, length of service, weight of protective equipment and job position have on the prevalence and location of CP.MDPIEducacion Fisica y DeportivaFacultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10612/18902reponame: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:10612/189022026-06-24T12:43:27Z
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title Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
spellingShingle Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
León Guereño, Patxi
Educación Física
Chronic Pain
Wildland Firefighters
Physical Employment
Physical Exercise
Occupational Health
title_short Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
title_full Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
title_fullStr Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
title_full_unstemmed Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
title_sort Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv León Guereño, Patxi
García-Heras Hernández, Fabio
Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge
Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
author León Guereño, Patxi
author_facet León Guereño, Patxi
García-Heras Hernández, Fabio
Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge
Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 García-Heras Hernández, Fabio
Gutiérrez Arroyo, Jorge
Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio
author2_role 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
Chronic Pain
Wildland Firefighters
Physical Employment
Physical Exercise
Occupational Health
topic Educación Física
Chronic Pain
Wildland Firefighters
Physical Employment
Physical Exercise
Occupational Health
description [EN] The work performed by wildland firefighters (WFFs) is very demanding owing to the conditions in which they have to operate. It has been reported that these professionals walk long distances over unstable and steep terrain carrying heavy loads, handle tools manually and repeatedly and are subject to a high level of thermal stress. Under such conditions, the risk of developing chronic pain (CP) is high, although despite this, there are no available data pertaining to CP among WFFs, to the best of our knowledge. As such, the aim of this study is to describe CP in Spanish helitack crews, for which purpose 221 WFFs (203 men and 18 women) completed an online self-report questionnaire. Approximately 60% of WFFs reported suffering from CP, of which 45.5% had CP in more than one body region at the same time. Age and length of service were associated with the probability of suffering from CP. Likewise, the age and height of WFFs and weight of the protective equipment used increased the prevalence of CP. Lastly, gender and job position affected CP location, with women and forepersons reporting greater prevalence of CP in the lower limbs. To conclude, the results obtained suggest the major prevalence of CP among Spanish WFFs, with current data suggesting in turn the importance that age, stature, gender, length of service, weight of protective equipment and job position have on the prevalence and location of CP.
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