Review Article

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Musculoskeletal Health, Physical Fitness, and Occupational Performance in Firefighters: A Narrative Review

Table 1

Search strategy for PubMed.

OrderSearch terms

#1“firefighter” [MeSH] OR “fire and rescue personnel” [MeSH] OR “fire fighters” [MeSH] OR “fire fighter” [MeSH]
#2“Cardiovascular system”[MeSH] OR (“cardiovascular”[All fields] AND “system”[All fields]) OR “cardiovascular system”[All fields] OR “cardiovascular”[All fields] OR “cardiovasculars”[All fields] OR “cardiovascular abnormalities”[MeSH] OR “cardiovascular health” OR “HRV”[All fields] OR “heart rate variability” [All fields] OR “Heart Rate
“Interval” [All fields] OR “RR variability” [All fields] OR “cycle length variability” [All fields] OR “heart period variability” [All fields] OR “autonomic function” [All fields] OR “vagal control” [All fields] OR “lipid profile” [MeSH] OR “cholesterol” [MeSH] “diabetes” OR “blood glucose” OR “age” OR “obesity” OR “blood pressure” OR “blood glucose” OR “Diet” OR “eating habits” OR “eating culture”

#3“muscular injury” (MeSH) OR (“musculoskeletal” [All fields] AND “system” [All fields]) OR “muscular pain” OR “chronic pain” OR “acute pain” “acute injury” OR “muscular health”

#4“Physical fitness” [MeSH] OR “exercise” [All fields] OR “physical exertion” [All fields] OR “fitness” OR “body composition” [MeSH] OR “muscle” AND (“strength” OR “endurance” OR “flexibility” OR “power”) OR “cardiorespiratory”

#5“work performance” [All fields] OR “endurance” [All fields] OR “fitness” [All fields] OR “performance” [MeSH] AND “work performance/classification” [MeSH] OR “occupational health” OR “employee health” [MeSH] OR “occupational performance” OR “work ability” OR “health, industrial” [MeSH] OR “industrial health” [MeSH] OR “occupational safety” [MeSH] OR “safety, occupational” [MeSH] “body composition” [MeSH] OR “muscle” AND (“strength” OR “endurance” OR “flexibility” OR “power”) OR “cardiorespiratory”

#6#1 AND #2 OR #1 AND #3 OR #1 AND #4 OR #1 AND #2 AND #3 OR #1 AND #2 AND #4 OR #1 AND #3 AND #4 OR #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 OR #1 AND #5 OR #2 AND #5