Reference values for physical performance measures in the aging working population

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 228-242

  Cote, Mark ^a   Kenny, Anne ^a   Dussetschleger, Jeffrey ^a   Farr, Dana ^a   Chaurasia, Ashok ^b   Cherniack, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

aging workforce; dynamic function; physical performance

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED CHANGES; AGING WORKFORCE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC FUNCTIONS; MANUFACTURING WORKERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SURVEYS;

DYNAMICS;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84893133366     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813518220     Document Type: Article

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