Relationships among age, body weight, resting heart rate, and performance in a new test of lift capacity

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-237

  Matheson, Leonard N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age decrement; Functional test; Lift capacity; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0030472612     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110885     Document Type: Article

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