Metabolic Energy Consumption during Green Area Management

The energy consumption measurement is important to carry out a correct risk evaluation of workers during green area management with the scope to achieve workstyle improvements. In contrast to sporting activities, few studies have been conducted on the assessment of physical fatigue by determining th...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2023-08, Vol.13 (17), p.9671
Main Authors: Bernardi, Bruno, Franco, Giovanni, Messina, Gaetano, Fazari, Antonio, Benalia, Souraya, Zimbalatti, Giuseppe, Abenavoli, Lorenzo M. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Energy consumption
Health aspects
heart rate
Heat
indirect calorimetry
Medical care, Cost of
Metabolism
Microclimate
occupational illness
Outdoor activities
oxygen consumption
Skin
Workers
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Summary:The energy consumption measurement is important to carry out a correct risk evaluation of workers during green area management with the scope to achieve workstyle improvements. In contrast to sporting activities, few studies have been conducted on the assessment of physical fatigue by determining the functional parameters of the human body and oxygen consumption in this sector. This study aims to measure the energy cost of weed control using a wearable telemetry system Cosmed K4. For this purpose, twelve male workers, grouped into three groups of four workers each, were monitored during the work of weed control carried out with a brush cutter (by testing three different cutting heads). The monitoring period lasted 18 min including a 5-min rest period at the end of work. This study shows how the use of facilitating tools such as brush cutters contributes to getting low energy metabolism rate values, in tests performed equally on average to 119 Wm−2.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app13179671