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Reports on candidiasis findings from University of Waterloo provide new insights.
"WILLIAMS-BELL, F. M., R. VILLAR, M. T. SHARRATT, and R. L. HUGHSON. Physiological Demands of the Firefighter Candidate Physical Ability Test. Met). Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 653-662, 2009," scientists in Waterloo, Canada report (see also Candidiasis).
"The Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) is used by fire departments across North America to screen for minimal physical capabilities in potential candidates, but its physiological demands are unknown. We examined oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide output (V) over dotO(2), (V)over dotCO(2)) and heart rate (HR) responses with the portable system in 57 subJects (23 females) who were familiarized before completing the CPAT in times similar to those of actual candidates. Two men and nine women failed to complete the circuit because of fatigue. Thirty-two men (91 %) and four women (15%) completed the circuit under the criterion tinae (10 min 20 s) with mean completion times for men (8 min 32 s +/- 51 s) and women (11 min 16s + 1 min 28 s, P <0.05). Forall finishers, (V)over dotO(2) during the test was 38.5 and 36.6 mL.kg(-1),min(-1), corresponding to 73% and 71 % Of (V)over dotO(2) for men and women, and HR was 90% and 91 % of maximum (P> 0.05). RER averaged 1.02 for men and 0.97 for women Suggesting elevated anaerobic metabolism. Women had it drop in RER after the second event, and they were significantly slower at each event after the step mill than the men," wrote F.M. Williamsbell and colleagues, University of Waterloo.
The researchers concluded: "Prediction of circuit completion time by backward stepwise regression yielded models with absolute ...
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