Open AccessEnergy expenditure in US automotive technicians and occupation-specific cardiac rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Jenny Adams,
Shan L. Jordan,
Katherine Spencer,
Joyce Belanger,
Dunlei Cheng,
Tiffany Shock,
Justin Karcher
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kqs192
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , energy expenditure , exertion , work (physics) , medicine , physical therapy , protocol (science) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , engineering , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , endocrinology
The standard exercise protocol for patients in a traditional cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) programme may not be adequate for preparing manual workers for a safe return to work, as these activities bear little resemblance to the physical movements and force exertion required in most industrial jobs.
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