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Title Details:
Physical fitness tests for the Armed and Security Forces personnel
Other Titles: Relevance with operational physical performance and readiness
Authors: Havenetidis, Konstantinos
Subject: MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES > SPORT AND ATHLETIC SCIENCE / PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT SCIENCE
Keywords:
Physical condition
Physical capacity evaluation
Norms
Diagnostic techniques and procedures
Armed and Security Forces
Military personne
Army
Navy
Air Force
Fire Βrigade
Coast Guard
Police
Special Forces
Occupational tasks
Occupational fitness
Muscle endurance
Cardiorespiratory endurance
Maximal strength and power
Mobility
Flexibility
Operational performance and readiness
Admission standards
Non-admission standards
Description:
Abstract:
The efficacy of physical condition improvement for the Armed and Security Forces personnel is firstly, related with physical fitness assessment and secondly, with the control of training program implementation within various units. Consequently, a necessary condition should include the recording-standardization of all evaluation procedures in order to accurately collect and statistically analyze physical conditioning data for the Armed and Security Forces. Furthermore, personnel must understand concepts, such as holistic fitness, physical fitness tests, occupational tasks, and scientific criteria of tests in order to determine the assessment procedure. The analytical description of tests and physical fitness testing batteries, which comprise maximal strength-power, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle endurance and mobility, is also considered essential for the assessment of these populations. Besides this, the description of various characteristic instances, the Armed and Security Forces missions, as well as the current inexpediencies and potential improvement will determine the frame for selecting a physical fitness test. In conclusion, the recommended physical fitness tests and physical fitness testing batteries, differentiated according to military specialty (general-special), should be characterized by safety, reliability and validity with the ultimate purpose to implement more effective exercise programs for the Armed and Security Forces personnel.
Linguistic Editors: Zacharopoulou, Katherine
Graphic Editors: Moustani, Evaggelia
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 19-07-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-057-7
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-289
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/10094
Bibliographic Reference: Havenetidis, K. (2023). Physical fitness tests for the Armed and Security Forces personnel [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-289
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Fitness of the Armed and Security Forces: A holistic approach
2. Tests for assessing physical fitness
3. Scientific criteria for selecting a test
4. Tests for assessing maximal strength and power
5. Tests for assessing cardiorespiratory endurance
6. Tests for assessing muscle endurance
7. Tests for assessing mobility: simple and complex
8. Physical fitness testing batteries
9. Description of various characteristic instances
10. Assessment and missions of the Armed and Security Forces
11. Special issues for selecting physical fitness tests
12. Recommended physical fitness tests
13. Recommended physical fitness testing batteries
Additional Material
Number of pages 296
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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