Physiological and subjective measures of workload when shovelling with a conventional and two-handled ('levered') shovel

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1212-1219

  Bridger, R S ^a   Cabion, N ^b   Goedecke, J ^b   Rickard, S ^b   Schabort, E ^b   Westgarth Taylor, C ^b   Lambert, M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Energy expenditure; Heart rate; Ooxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOLOGY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANUAL CONTROL; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031281458     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187450     Document Type: Article

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