Assessment of Workload of Weeding Activity in Crop Production Through Heart Rate

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ID5198685
AuthorsSuma Hasalkar (All India Coordinated Research Project-Family Resource Management, Department of Family Resource Management, College of Rural Home Science, University Agricultural Sciences , Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India), Renuka Budihal (All India Coordinated Research Project-Family Resource Management, Department of Family Resource Management, College of Rural Home Science, University Agricultural Sciences , Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India), Rajeshwari Shivalli (All India Coordinated Research Project-Family Resource Management, Department of Family Resource Management, College of Rural Home Science, University Agricultural Sciences , Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India), Nutan Biradar (All India Coordinated Research Project-Family Resource Management, Department of Family Resource Management, College of Rural Home Science, University Agricultural Sciences , Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India)
Year2004
Volume15
Issue3
Pages165-167
Publication date2004-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
PublisherKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2004.11905685
OpenAlexW2372420099
LanguageEN

Heart rate is one of the accurate means to evaluate the physiological or functional demands of work on the worker. Hence the study was undertaken to know the workload of women in weeding activity. The results revealed that, the total cardiac cost of work while weeding was 6165.87 beats and the physiological cost of work was 14.67 beats/min. The average working heart rate during weeding was observed to be 94.36 beats/min and the average energy expenditure was 6.28 kj/min. Though weeding was performed for maximum, number of days in a year, continuously from morning till evening in squatting position, majority of the women perceived it as light to moderately heavy activity. The heart rate responses showed similar result as far as the classification of workload is considered

Animal science · Biology · Blood pressure · Evening · Heart rate · Morning · Physical therapy · Squatting position · Workload · Computer Science · Engineering · Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders · Mathematics · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Toxicology

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