Baptista SJ, Oliveira SCD, da Silva PMM, Pinheiro LV

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: It is necessary for the military to maintain a physical condition that enables them to perform their jobs. For reasons of routine testing and / or detection of health status, investigating physical fitness parameters is necessary. Objective: This study aimed to Identify if there is a correlation between the index body mass and the cooper test and the performance of militaries in the cooper test. Methods: Original research of the descriptive type by correlation between data, with cross-section. The sample was composed for 32 policies of the administrative service of the Action's Battallion with dogs of the military police of the Rio de Janeiro state, with voluntaries with 39,84 ±3,08 years old, all of male. It was made the measurement of the corporal mass and the height of the policies to obtain the index body mass, and it was applied the cooper test (12 minutes). Results: The BMI values were 27.02 ± 3.14 and Cooper 2479.06 ± 270.73m. With the tests a moderate influence of BMI was observed in the outcome of the Cooper test. The correlation was made with the Pearson's coefficient that result r=-0,52 and a significance level of 0,002. Conclusions: The police had higher frequency of overweight, however this factor apparently not influence the physical aptitude of this men, once the bigger part of the sample had a good performance in the cooper test.