An investigation of the validity of “simulated” work related tasks in relation to “real-life” situations in the fire service training environment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 599-607

  Oldham, J A ^a   Schofield, S ^b   Callaghan, M J ^a   Winstanley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester Fire Service Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Fire service; Fitness for work; Simulated tasks

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0034515821     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.8.599     Document Type: Article

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