Aspectos antropométricos e desempenho físico dos policiais do Grupamento de Ações Táticas Especiais - GATE da Polícia Militar do Estado da Paraíba

Abstract

Over the last few years there has been a growing interest in studies related to healthy living habits, where it is essential for the population to develop these habits linked to lifestyle changes in relation to food, sports and physical activities in general. In this way, it becomes essential to the police officers' concern with their physical condition to perform their daily duties in the course of their service, providing satisfactory answers to society in the performance of their duties. The present study aimed to evaluate the anthropometric aspects and the physical performance of the components of the Special Tactical Actions Group (GATE) of the PMPB. It is a descriptive research, with transversal character and quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 26 male police officers and the following tests were performed: body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), localized muscular resistance (LRM), abdominal and limb resistance flexibility in (cm) in the sit and reach test. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 21.0. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed using the frequency distribution test to classify variables of health indicators and physical performance. It was verified that 61.5% of the policemen evaluated were overweight and when the WHR was evaluated, 42% had a moderate cardiac risk and 30.8% had a high cardiac risk. However, for the physical performance variables, it was verified by means of abdominal RML tests (69.2%), arm RML test (92.3%), that the police are in excellent condition according to the tables found in the literature, already in the flexibility test it was observed that the majority of police officers (61.5%) would be on average in relation to reference tables provided by the literature. It is concluded that it is imperative that GATE officers have exercise routines to maintain excellent or above average levels of localized muscular endurance and flexibility and to reduce the amount of visceral fat to reduce the risk of heart disease and can perform their daily duties in the course of their service by providing satisfactory responses to society.