Are elderly construction workers sufficiently fit for heavy manual labour?

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 450-462

  Jebens, Einar ^a   Mamen, Asgeir ^b,c   Medbø, Jon Ingulf ^a   Knudsen, Oddvar ^d   Veiersted, Kaj Bo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b KRISTIANIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d Lia HMS   (Norway)

Author keywords

aerobic power; elderly workers; field testing; strenuous work

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

AEROBIC POWER; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; ELDERLY WORKERS; FIELD TESTING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STRENUOUS WORK;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922827638     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.977828     Document Type: Article

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