Morning warming-up exercise - Effects on musculoskeletal fitness in construction workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 513-519

  Holmström, Eva ^a   Ahlborg, Björn ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction worker; Joint mobility; Stretchability; Warming up exercise

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PERSONNEL; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FITNESS; MORNING WARMING-UP EXERCISE (MWU); MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHABILITY;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; WORKER;

EID: 18844414814     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.10.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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