Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Validation of a new pocket computer assisted method for metabolic rate estimation in field studies

MAP20071020572

Validation of a new pocket computer assisted method for metabolic rate estimation in field studies / F. Horwat, J.P. Meyer and J. Malchaire

Sumario: The metabolic rate of workers engged in different industrial tasks has been estimated with an observation method assisted by a pocket computer. Measurements were made in three factories on 14 workers during 35 periods of industrial work. The reference method for energetic cost was the actual VO2 measured using a portable device (Oxycon P). The results obtained with the pocket computer method were compared with those derived from classical recordings: heart rate, ventilation and subjective rating of work level according to the Borg scale

En: Ergonomics. - London [etc.]. - Vol. 31, nº 8 August 1988 ; p. 1155-1164

1. Ergonomía . 2. Reacciones metabólicas . 3. Consumo de oxígeno . 4. Frecuencia cardíaca . 5. Ventilación pulmonar . 6. Capacidad de trabajo . 7. Métodos de análisis . 8. Ordenadores . I. Meyer, J.P. . II. Malchaire, Jacques B. . III. Título. IV. Título: Ergonomics.