Body Response to Local Muscular Performance of Individuals Engaged in Various Professional Occupations

Olga G. Kourova, Tatiana V. Popova, Yury I. Koryukalov

Department of Food Engineering of South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Department of Management and Business of South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/odem.2014.23008                

Abstract

We have compared 142 adult men and women of various ages, grouped by professional occupation, all the occupations involving local muscular performance. We studied heart reactions and central nervous system reactions to local muscular performance done until fatigue set in. The results suggested that adaptive body changes had a number of shared signs, namely, tachycardia, hypertension, and increased statistical figures of the heart rhythm, which were indicative of tension in central regulatory mechanisms of the heart.

Keywords

Local Muscular Performance, Occupational Activity Adaptation, Functional Strain, Types of Adaptive Body Changes

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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