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Badanie możliwości psychofizycznych ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem zmian spowodowanych wiekiem
Testing psychophysical capabilities with particular emphasis on influence of age

Author(s): Danuta Roman-Liu
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Keywords: older workers: measurements: ability to perform work

Summary/Abstract: With the increasing age of workers, the workforce's psychophysical characteristics like strength, joint angle range, visual-motor coordination, and body balance are increasingly important for the work performance.The article characterizes parameters describing the psychophysical abilities of employees and procedures of measuring these parameters. Due to the fact that their values change over time, they may be the basis for guidelines for designing work places for older workers.

  • Issue Year: 552/2017
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 20-23
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish