par Van Elst, Ph;Salhadin, Ph;Degré, Serge 
;Denolin, Henri
Référence Travail Humain, 37, 1, page (173-184)
Publication Publié, 1974
;Denolin, Henri Référence Travail Humain, 37, 1, page (173-184)
Publication Publié, 1974
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Seventy three workers aged 20 to 62 yr and 7 clerks aged 31 to 40 yr, representative of the population of a steel foundry, were submitted to an exercise test on a cycle ergometer with increasing loads until exhaustion, in order to assess their total physical capacity in relation to age and job. VO2 measured at a maximal load shows that the working capacity of the workers is higher than that of the sedentary clerks. However, this capacity is not higher than in groups of untrained subjects of many European or North American countries. So, it must be admitted that industrial work, which is known to be heavy, does not increase the mean working capacity of untrained normal subjects. A mean physical capacity allows to work safely at the various working places investigated. This level of physical capacity is often lower than that reached by many cardiac or pulmonary patients. |
