Reproducibility and validity of the stair-climb test for fire fighters

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Plat, Marie Christine J ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Functional energetic test; Reliability; Validity; Work ability; Workers' Health Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FIRE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FIRES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957749214     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0518-2     Document Type: Article

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