Laboratory or Field Tests for Evaluating Firefighters Work Capacity.PDFVIP

Laboratory or Field Tests for Evaluating Firefighters’ Work Capacity? 1,2 3 1,2 Ann-Sofie Lindberg *, Juha Oksa , Christer Malm ˚ ˚ 1 Sports Medicine Unit, Umea University, Umea, Sweden, 2 Winternet, Boden, Sweden, 3 Physical Work Capacity Team, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland Abstract Muscle strength is important for firefighters work capacity. Laboratory tests used for measurements of muscle stre