Workload demand in police officers during mountain bike patrols

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-250

  Takken, T ^a,c   Ribbink, A ^c   Heneweer, H ^b   Moolenaar, H ^b   Wittink, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HRmax; Physical workload; TRIMP; VO2max

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC FITNESS; COMPENSATION POINTS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATES; MOUNTAIN BIKE; NETHERLANDS; PHASE I; PHASE II; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLICE OFFICERS; THREE PHASIS; THRESHOLD LEVELS; UPPER LIMITS; VENTILATORY THRESHOLDS; WORK DEMANDS;

BICYCLES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; PATIENT MONITORING;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY MASS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLICE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; WORKLOAD; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BICYCLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650373264     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802334553     Document Type: Article

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