ReviewInternational archives of occupational and environmental health1995
Physical workload and the aging worker: a review of the literature.
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- Work Ability and Vitality in Coach Drivers: An RCT to Study the Effectiveness of a Self-Management Intervention during the Peak Season.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Trunk and upper arm postures and movements among older workers in physically demanding occupations.Annals of work exposures and health · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular load and physical capacity in older workers engaged in physically demanding occupations.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Work-related Fatal Injuries Among Aged Workers in Republic of Korea.Safety and health at work · 2024Article
- Occupational health disorders among physical education teachers compared to classroom and subject specialist teachers.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Factors affecting work-related non-fatal injuries among aged workers in South Korea.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Physical workload and cardiopulmonary parameters in relation to individual capacity of bulk waste workers - a cross-sectional field-study.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2023Article
- Effects of Face Masks on Physical Performance and Physiological Response during a Submaximal Bicycle Ergometer Test.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Challenges arising for older workers from participating in a workplace intervention addressing work ability: a qualitative study from Germany.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- The Effects of Psychological Factors on Perceptions of Productivity in Construction Sites in Japan by Worker Age.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Perceived Work Ability Index of Public Service Employees in Relation to Ageing and Gender: A Comparison in Three European Countries.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2019Article
- Factors that determine the Work Ability Index of street cleaners.Yeungnam University journal of medicine · 2019Article
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- Effect of Stress on the Work Ability of Aging American Workers: Mediating Effects of Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Physical capacity, occupational physical demands, and relative physical strain of older employees in construction and healthcare.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Article
- Development of a Self-Determination Theory-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Aged Care Workers: Protocol for the Activity for Well-being Program.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- The Effect of Aging on Physical Performance Among Elderly Manual Workers: Protocol of a Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2017Article
- Relating Older Workers' Injuries to the Mismatch Between Physical Ability and Job Demands.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Hazards and health problems in occupations dominated by aged workers in South Korea.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
In the coming decades, demographic, economic and social changes will result in an increased proportion of elderly persons in the workforce in most industrialized countries. This trend is causing growing interest in the problems of the aging worker in current employment. The objective of this particular paper is to provide more insight into the impact of aging on the balance between physical work capacity and physical workload. To this end, the scientific literature in the field is reviewed and ordered by means of a specific conceptual model of "aging and physical workload". A progressive decline in physical work capacity, characterized by diminished aerobic capacity and muscular capacity, has consistently been reported. However, inter-individual differences appear to be considerable. The question of whether there are systematic differences in physical work demands between younger and older workers within occupations has been answered vaguely. Conflicting results in this matter bring into discussion the role of the actual working method as one of the determinants of the physical workload. An age-related imbalance between physical workload and physical work capacity is suggested to result in a chronic overload, increasing the risk of long-term health effects such as musculoskeletal complaints and disorders. For many aging workers in physically demanding occupations, extreme physical workloads, increasing the risk of disease or disablement, are still reported. The multiconceptual study of aging and physical workload in the present paper reveals several possibilities for preventive measures. However, as information is still lacking, additional research is needed, in particular on the onset and development of long-term effects on health in relation to age and work demands.
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