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dc.contributor.authorRichmond, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorRayson, Mark
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, David
dc.contributor.authorCarter, James
dc.contributor.authorBlacker, Sam
dc.contributor.authorNevill, Alan M.
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Jill
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Steve
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-29T13:56:30Z
dc.date.available2008-07-29T13:56:30Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationErgonomics, 51(6): 935-46
dc.identifier.issn0014-0139
dc.identifier.pmid18484405
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00140130801939725
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/33592
dc.description.abstractSince 2002, the Royal Air Force (RAF) has been working towards developing role-related physical tests for use as an operational fitness test (OFT). The purpose of this study was to establish reliability of the OFT (comprising four tests), investigate gym-based tests as predictors of performance and establish performance standards. Fifty-eight RAF personnel performed the OFT on three occasions. A separate cohort carried out fitness and anthropometric tests before performing the OFT, by way of establishing performance predictors. Documented evidence and views of an expert panel were used to determine OFT standards. Reliability ranged from moderate to good for three tests, with one test (Dig) showing poor reliability. The 95% limits of agreement for the prediction models ranged from good to poor (6.7-34.2%). The prediction models were not sufficiently accurate to estimate confidently OFT performance, but could be used as a guide to quantify likely outcome and training needs.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713701117~link=cover
dc.subjectOperational fitness test
dc.subjectRoyal Air Force
dc.subjectReliability
dc.subjectGym test
dc.subjectPerformance predictor
dc.titleDevelopment of an operational fitness test for the Royal Air Force
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalErgonomics
html.description.abstractSince 2002, the Royal Air Force (RAF) has been working towards developing role-related physical tests for use as an operational fitness test (OFT). The purpose of this study was to establish reliability of the OFT (comprising four tests), investigate gym-based tests as predictors of performance and establish performance standards. Fifty-eight RAF personnel performed the OFT on three occasions. A separate cohort carried out fitness and anthropometric tests before performing the OFT, by way of establishing performance predictors. Documented evidence and views of an expert panel were used to determine OFT standards. Reliability ranged from moderate to good for three tests, with one test (Dig) showing poor reliability. The 95% limits of agreement for the prediction models ranged from good to poor (6.7-34.2%). The prediction models were not sufficiently accurate to estimate confidently OFT performance, but could be used as a guide to quantify likely outcome and training needs.


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