Seeking Participants for Firefighter Motion Study
Participants sought for research study on understanding firefighter posture during functional task performance
You are receiving this request as part of an announcement on recruitment for this study. We are seeking participants for a research study on recording and understanding the posture of firefighters while performing functional tasks such as those performed on the fireground. We are looking for male and female career and volunteer firefighters in the age range 18 to 99.
The study will take two hours during a single visit. Participants will complete a consent form prior to the experiment. Next, a few anthropometric measurements will be taken. During the experiment, participants will wear an Xsens Awinda motion capture suit that comprises 17 Inertial measurement units (IMUs). Round 1 of the experiment will start after the system calibration and the recording of five walking gait cycles. Five functional tasks will be recorded in the first round, and each task will be repeated five times. The same process will be followed in the second round while wearing an additional weight jacket with an equivalent weight to the bunker gear.
The study will enable us to design exoskeleton suits that provide support during task performance on the fireground. Participants will receive a $50.00 Amazon gift card upon completing their visit.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out the following brief online form and you will be contacted when a study session is being scheduled: https://forms.gle/ssr55fvfQzuR8cbr8
To reach us for the study, please contact Dr. Michael Bazzocchi at mbazzocc@clarkson.edu or 315-268-7612. If you wish to opt-out of follow-up emails, please respond with a note stating that you do not wish to receive future emails about participating in the study. The Clarkson IRB approval number for this study is 21-63.1 and the contact information for the Clarkson IRB office is irb@clarkson.edu via email, and (315) 268-3764 via phone.
Also, click here if you are interested to find out more about firefighter focus group studies that are taking place virtually.