Initiative 6: Physical Health (Subscribe)
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- Physical Fitness (204) new
- Medical Fitness (90) new
- Wellness Programs (56) new
- Medical Risks (253) new updated
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Longitudinal Decline in Lung Function: Evaluation of Interleukin-10 Genetic Polymorphisms in Firefighters
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200410000-00007.htm;jsessionid=GM1XNb5MP3YktBNCb9Lh2x0bvqtXjykq5kT2wyTkpw54vGJSnRpG!186692045!181195628!8091!-1
Author: Burgess, Jefferey L.; Fierro, Maria A; Lantz, R Clark; Hysong, Tracy A.; Fleming, Joy E.; Gerkin, Ri
Date Published: Oct-04
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, lung function%0a
Longitudinal decline in measured firefighter single-breath diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide values. A respiratory surveillance dilemma.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9872828&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Burgess JL, Brodkin CA, Daniell WE, Pappas GP, Keifer MC, Stover BD, Edland SD, Barnhart S.
Date Published: January 1999
Publisher: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, carbon monoxide%0a
Low Back Pain Fact Sheet
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/backpain/detail_backpain.htm
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: June 15 2011
Publisher: National Institute of Health
Keywords: Back Injury
Lung function in fire fighters, I: a three year follow-up of active subjects.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=879389&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Musk AW, Peters JM, Wegman DH.
Date Published: July 1977
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, environmental risks%0a
Lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and atopy among firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21340442
Author: Greven F, Krop E, Spithoven J, Rooyackers J, Kerstjens H, Heederik D.
Date Published: February 2011
Publisher: Frans Greven, Department of Environmental Health, Municipal Health Services
Keywords: respiratory protection, fire
Mandating physical and performance assessments for incumbent fire fighters within the Atlantic City Fire Department updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D161649
Author: Palamaro, Robert J
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, fitness/performance assessments, incumbent firefighters
Maximal physical work performance with European standard based fire-protective clothing system and equipment in relation to individual characteristics updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D154461
Author: Griefahn, B. , Ilmarinen, R. , Kunemund, C. , Louhevaara, V., and Makinen, H.
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: European Journal of Applied Physiology
Keywords: Initiative 6, work capacity, protective clothing
Maximal working times with a self-contained breathing apparatus updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D109109
Author: Korhonen, O., Louhevaara, V., Smolander, J., and Tuomi, T.
Date Published: 1986
Publisher: Ergonomics
Keywords: Initiative 6, SCBA, work times
Measurement of Functional Capacity Requirements to Aid in Development of an Occupation-Specific Rehabilitation Training Program to Help Firefighters With Cardiac Disease Safely Return to Work
http://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149%2808%2902087-0/abstract
Author: Jenny Adams, Joanne Roberts, PhD, Kay Simms, MS, Dunlei Cheng, PhD, Julie Hartman, MS, Charles Bartl
Date Published: March 2009
Publisher: American Journal of Cardiology
Keywords: nutrition training, firefighter
Measurement of Functional Capacity Requirements to Aid in Development of an Occupation-Specific Rehabilitation Training Program to Help Firefighters With Cardiac Disease Safely Return to Work
http://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(08)02087-0/abstract
Author: Jenny Adams, Joanne Roberts, Kay Simms, Dunlei Cheng, Julie Hartman, Charles Bartlett
Date Published: January 27, 2009
Publisher: American Journal of Cardiology
Keywords: Medical Fitness, Cardiovascular Health, Medical Fitness Program
Medical and Physical Fitness Fit-for-Duty Testing: the Greenville Fire Department's Wellness Initiatice
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo41489.pdf
Author: Foulks, Mark A.
Date Published: January 2008
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: None
Medical Conditions Affecting Ability to Safely Perform Essential Job Tasks
http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/fire/medical.pdf
Author: Medical Fitness Standards, Evaluation
Date Published: May 2008
Publisher: City of Calgary Fire Department
Keywords: None
Medical Fitness Evaluation for respirator users: results of a national survey of private sector employers
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17563613
Author: G. Syamlal, B. Doney, K.M. Bang, M. Greskevitch, D. Groce, S. Ganocy, W. Hoffman
Date Published: June 2007
Publisher: Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Keywords: Medical Fitness Evaluation
Medical Standards for DOE Firefighters
http://205.254.131.69/nuclearsafety/ns/fire/guidance/med_stand_guide/sec1.html
Author: Medical Fitness Standards, Fitness
Date Published: March 28 2011
Publisher: Department of Energy, Office of Occupational Medicine and Medical Surveilla
Keywords: None
Metabolic demands of simulated firefighting tasks
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18802822
Author: Elsner KL, Kolkhorst FW
Date Published: September 2008
Publisher: School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University
Keywords: physical demands, firefighting
Metabolic Demands of Simulated Firefighting Tasks
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?option1=tka&value1=firefighter+AND+fitness&pageSize=10&index=5
Author: Kimberly Elsner, Fred Kolkhorst
Date Published: September 2008
Publisher: Ergonomics
Keywords: Cardiovascular Fitness, Medical Fitness
Mortality among fire fighters in metropolitan Toronto
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8074127&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Author: Aronson KJ, Tomlinson GA, Smith L.
Date Published: 1994;26: 89–101.
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6, Toronto mortality study%0a
Mortality among fire fighters: a 27 state survey
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7892834&dopt=Citation
Author: Burnett CA, Halperin WE, Lalich NR, Sestito JP
Date Published: December 1994
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6%0a
Mortality and cancer incidence in Stockholm fire fighters
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8147394&ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Author: Tornling G, Gustavsson P, Hogstedt C.
Date Published: 1994; 25:219 –228.
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, Stockholm mortality study, Initiative 2%0a
Mortality and life expectancy of professional fire fighters in Hamburg, Germany: a cohort study 1950 – 2000
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/5/1/27/abstract
Author: Norbert L Wagner, Jürgen Berger, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Peter Koch, Anja Köchel, Michel Peschke and
Date Published: October 4 2006
Publisher: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2006
Keywords: western australia mortality study, firefighter
Mortality and life expectancy of professional fire fighters in Hamburg, Germany: a cohort study 1950-2000.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17020604&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Wagner NL, Berger J, Flesch-Janys D, Koch P, Kochel A, Peschke M, Ossenbach T.
Date Published: 2006; 5: 27, Oct.
Publisher: Environmental Health
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6, German mortality study%0a
Mortality in Florida professional firefighters, 1972 to 1999.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15898094&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Ma F, Fleming LE, Lee DJ, Trapido E, Gerace TA, Lai H, Lai S.
Date Published: June 2005
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6, Florida mortality study%0a
Mortality in Florida professional firefighters, 1972 to 1999.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15898094
Author: Ma F, Fleming LE, Lee DJ, Trapido E, Gerace TA, Lai H, Lai S.
Date Published: June 2005
Publisher: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School
Keywords: prevention, firefighting
Mortality in police and firefighters in New Jersey.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=3488681&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Feuer, E; Rosenman, K.
Date Published: 1986;9(6):517-27
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6, New Jersey mortality study%0a
Mortality of a municipal-worker cohort: IV. Fire fighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3605104&ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Author: Vena JE, Fiedler RC.
Date Published: 1987;11:671– 684.
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6%0a