Search Results - "Capodaglio, E M"
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Muscle function and functional ability improves more in community-dwelling older women with a mixed-strength training programme
Published in Age and ageing (01-03-2005)“…Background: supervised training can reach a limited number of elderly people. Objective: to determine the impact of a 1-year mixed-strength training programme…”
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Comparison between the CR10 Borg's scale and the VAS (visual analogue scale) during an arm-cranking exercise
Published in Journal of occupational rehabilitation (01-06-2001)“…Two subjective assessment scales (VAS and Borg's CR10) are compared in a group of 15 young and healthy subjects performing an arm-cranking incremental…”
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A functional assessment methodology for alcohol dependent patients undergoing rehabilitative treatments
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (01-11-2003)“…Purpose: We propose a functional assessment approach for patients with alcoholic dependence of working age undergoing aerobic training. The background is the…”
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A field methodology for ergonomic analysis in occupational manual materials handling
Published in Applied ergonomics (01-06-1997)“…A methodology is presented for the ‘on-site’ evaluation of work-related physical activities. In a first session, video recordings were made of six industrial…”
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Levels of sustainable aerobic workload in dialysis patients
Published in International journal of artificial organs (01-07-1998)“…The aerobic performance of a heterogeneous group of 89 ambulatory medically stable patients on chronic hemodialysis was studied to define individual levels of…”
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A test to assess the mechanical power sustainable during everyday activities in older people
Published in Age and ageing (01-01-2003)“…Objective: to define with a simple test the power sustainable by older people during everyday occupations. Methods: nine healthy subjects (65–71 years)…”
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Changes in life-style and function in 70–83-year-old subjects participating in a 1-year strength training programme
Published in International Congress series (01-06-2005)“…To determine the changes in life-style (time and energy expenditure, EE, of physical activities) and function (leg extensors power and handgrip) in a group of…”
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Ergonomics and occupational therapy
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-10-2010)“…Occupational ergonomics mostly deals with risk assessment and design/redesign of the work layout, oriented to enhance the worker's safety and wellbeing and the…”
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Functional Limitations and Occupational Issues in Obesity: A Review
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics (01-01-2010)“…Four hundred million adults are obese. Such a pandemic involves people of working age. Excess weight imposes abnormal mechanics on body movements, which could…”
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Individual profiles of dyspnoea and fatigue in chronic bronchitic patients, defined by intensity and duration of submaximal workloads performed
Published in Monaldi archives for chest disease (01-08-1996)“…The subjective perception of fatigue and dyspnoea during submaximal exercise was studied in 10 chronic bronchitic patients using Borg's CR10 scale, with the…”
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A method for the assessment of fitness in aerobically taxing occupations
Published in International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health (1996)“…A good level of physical fitness is a fundamental prerequisite of many occupations, hence the importance of valid methods of fitness assessment. A method,…”
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Subjective aspects of quality of life in hospital workers
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-01-2007)“…The work of hospital nurses involves a variety of tasks and duties that can become an underlying cause of stress and personal failure to them both in their…”
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Treadmills in rehabilitation medicine: technical characteristics and selection criteria
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-04-2008)“…The treadmill is a commonly used means of testing and training patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. There is growing interest in the use of the treadmill…”
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Industrial manufacturing of the wool: pathology secondary to the biomechanical involvement of the upper limbs and the course in relation to work tasks
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-10-2007)“…In years 2003-2005, 1248 laborers of Zegna Baruffa - Lane Borgosesia Company (establishment of Borgosesia and Vallemosso) have been visited and we selected 102…”
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Industrial processing of wool: biomechanics and ergonomic aspects
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-10-2005)“…Workers in a wool processing industry were analyzed for risk factors in development of musculoskeletal disorders from specific repetitive movements that they…”
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Evaluation of the risk related to repetitive work activities: testing of several methods proposed in the literature
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-10-2001)“…Pathologies due to the repetitive activity of the upper limbs constitutes a growing part of the work-related musculo-skeletal disorders. At the moment, there…”
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De Quervain's tenosynovitis and work with hand tools: a case study
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-07-2004)“…Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs are a frequent complaint and their pathogenetic mechanism is often related to mechanical overload of…”
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A field methodology for ergonomics analysis in occupational manual materials handling
Published in Applied ergonomics (01-06-1997)“…Capodaglio et al present a methodology for the "on-site" evaluation of work-related physical activities…”
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An anamnestic-observational estimation of the postural-energy-motor commitment of occupational activities via a questionnaire
Published in Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia (01-10-1997)“…A simple questionnaire for the quali-quantitative clinical assessment of the physical requirements in habitual occupational activities has been fixed. The…”
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Indicators of dynamic work tolerability in healthy subjects
Published in Medicina del lavoro (01-01-1997)“…This paper reports a study on the dynamics of tolerability in performing dynamic cycling in healthy subjects. Data on individually tolerable levels (power x…”
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