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      Changes in physical performance among construction workers during extended workweeks with 12-hour workdays.

      International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
      Adult, Biomechanical Phenomena, Blood Pressure, Facility Design and Construction, Hand Strength, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Health, Oxygen Consumption, Physical Endurance, Reaction Time, Task Performance and Analysis, Time Factors

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          To investigate changes of physical performance during long working hours and extended workweeks among construction workers with temporary accommodation in camps. Nineteen construction workers with 12-h workdays and extended workweeks participated. Physical performance in the morning and evening of the second and eleventh workdays was tested by endurance, ability to react to a sudden load, flexibility of the back, handgrip strength and sub-maximal HR during a bicycle test. HR was registered throughout two separate workdays. HR during each of the two separate workdays corresponded to a relative workload of 25%. Sub-maximal HR was lower, reaction time faster and handgrip strength higher in the end of each test day. In the end of the work period, sub-maximal HR was lower, reaction time faster and sitting balance was better. No trends of decreased physical performance were found after a workday or a work period.

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