A 16-year follow-up study of physical capacity in relation to perceived workload among ageing employees

Ergonomics
Minna SavinainenJ Ilmarinen

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to ascertain musculoskeletal and cardiovascular capacity among ageing employees in relation to workload over a period of 16 years. The data were obtained by physical capacity tests and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) during working day. The study group consisted of 89 subjects, who were all employed in the municipal branch and were on average 51.9 years old at the beginning of the follow-up period in 1981 and 67.3 years in 1997, when the most of the subjects had retired (with only two subjects still working). During the 16-year follow-up period, age-related decline in physical capacity was observed. Nevertheless the improvement in flexibility of spine and in isometric trunk muscle strength compared with the same age subjects was more common among the subjects with high workload than among the subjects with low workload. However, among the subjects with high workload, physical capacity was poorer than among the subjects with low workload, especially among the women. The results suggest the conclusion that there are differences in workers' physical capacity in relation to their perceived workload during working life. These differences remained when the subjects had retired. Interestingly, th...Continue Reading

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