Work-Related Fatigue: Relationship Between Perceived and Performance Fatigability in Career Firefighters.

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• Alternative Title:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2025, v. 67, no. 2: Work-Related Fatigue: Relationship Between Perceived and Performance Fatigability in Career Firefighters.
• Journal Article:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Schmitz, Amber N. ; Giuliani-Dewig, Hayden K. ; Laffan, Megan R. ; Trivisonno, Abigail J. ; Gerstner, Gena R. ; Mota, Jacob A. ; Buoncristiani, Nicholas A. ; Ryan, Eric D.
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to (1) examine the relationship between perceived work-related fatigue and performance fatigability, and (2) assess the impact of percent body fat (%BF) on perceived fatigue constructs in career firefighters.
  
  Thirty-nine career firefighters completed body composition testing, the Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER15) scale assessing three subscales of work-related fatigue (acute fatigue, chronic fatigue, and inter-shift recovery), and maximal leg extensor isometric strength testing prior to and following an isotonic fatiguing protocol.
  
  Performance fatigability was not associated with any of the OFER15 perceived work-related fatigue variables ( P ≥ 0.513). Greater %BF was associated with greater %∆ peak torque ( r = -0.41, P = 0.010) but none of the OFER15 perceived work-related fatigue variables ( P ≥ 0.638).
  
  Performance fatigability was not associated with OFER15 perceived work-related fatigue, and greater adiposity negatively impacted performance fatigability but not perceived fatigability.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Firefighters
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Fatigue
  • Female
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Fatigue
  • Adiposity
  • Muscle Strength
  More +
• Keywords:
  • occupational health
  • neuromuscular function
  • shiftwork
  • obesity
• Source:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2025, v. 67, no. 2
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003282
• ISSN:
  1076-2752 ; 1536-5948
• Pubmed ID:
  39805122
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12012835
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R03 OH011929/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008673/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U19 OH012303/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  110-114 (15 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261776/cdc_261776_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 506.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b676cb7f71be37974abe90cee443e307c37301b41881b8e257f678b5ce6a06dbd35198b6d0b678fcdb84aef10d7fa67d508f069f4f2e41f5d2963b6572cba98