Impact of Age on the Affective Responses Following Worksite Resistance Exercise in Career Firefighters

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• Personal Author:
  Gerstner GR ; Giuliani-Dewig HK ; Laffan MR ; Mota JA ; Register-Mihalik JK ; Ryan ED ; Trivisonno AJ
• Description:
  Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of age on the affective responses (attitude, feelings, self-efficacy, intention, enjoyment, and fondness) after a worksite circuit-style resistance exercise routine in career firefighters. Methods: Nineteen young (25.5 +/- 3.3 yr) and 19 middle-aged male career firefighters (50.3 +/- 3.5 yr) completed 2 d of physical testing at local fire stations. Participants were familiarized with the resistance training exercises (deadlift, shoulder press, lunge, and upright row) at visit 1 and performed a multirepetition maximum (RM) assessment to prescribe the appropriate loads for the resistance exercise bout on visit 2. The resistance training session included three sets of 8 to 10 repetitions per exercise at 80% 1-RM. Participants completed a postexercise questionnaire examining affective responses and a rating of perceived exertion (RPE). Mann-Whitney U tests and an independent t-test were used to determine differences between the young and middle-aged firefighters' affective responses and RPE, respectively. Results: There were no significant differences between groups for any of the six affective responses (P = 0.062-0.819) or RPE (P = 0.142). Conclusions: Age did not influence the perceived effort or affective responses following an acute bout of worksite resistance exercise. Firefighters reported overall positive attitudes, feelings, and fondness paired with high self-efficacy and intention at a training frequency of twice per week. However, confidence, intention, and enjoyment decreased at higher training frequencies (i.e., 3-4x per week). Circuit-style resistance training performed twice per week may be a feasible and practical worksite exercise routine across ages in the fire service. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Firefighters Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Attitude Author Keywords: Circuit Training Enjoyment Fire Fighters Fire Service Injury Prevention Intention Physical Exercise Psychological Responses Self-efficacy Young Workers

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• ISSN:
  0195-9131
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068905
• Citation:
  Med Sci Sports Exerc 2023 Dec; 55(12):2263-2270
• Contact Point Address:
  Eric D. Ryan, PhD, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Adjunct Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 209 Fetzer Hall, CB 8700, Chapel Hill, NC27599-8700
• Email:
  edryan@email.unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3bc3d5d63bc3624f086e27229b5e68d0726252f0d7a02d17a29d1bb7062fe16c5963454a243efd66ce017961f1544b4a53cb172ee7b4f366b897f72c97198d20
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