Physical work load, physical capacity and strain among elderly female aides in home-care service

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 444-452

  Torgén, Margareta ^a   Nygård, Clas Håkan ^b   Kilbom, Åsa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Home care work; Physical capacity; Physical work load; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER INJURY; STANDING; SWEDEN; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0028791640     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: 14396327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00635879     Document Type: Article

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