Physical training intervention in female shift workers: I. The effects of intervention on fitness, fatigue, sleep and psychosomatic symptoms

Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 39-50

  Harma M I ^a   Ilmarinen, J ^a   Knauth, P ^b   Rutenfranz, J ^c   HAnninen O ^d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Health; Physical fitness; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS--MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; PERSONNEL--HEALTH;

FEMALE SHIFT WORKERS; PHYSICAL TRAINING INTERVENTION; PSYCHOSOMATIC SYMPTOMS; SLEEP-WAKEFULNESS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PREVENTION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; TRAINING;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SLEEP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0023873405     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138808966647     Document Type: Article

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