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Lucy E. Dorman
Lucy E.
Dorman
George Havenith
George
Havenith
Effects of simulated clothing weight distribution on metabolic rate
Loughborough University
2014
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2014-06-25 13:52:56
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https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/report/Effects_of_simulated_clothing_weight_distribution_on_metabolic_rate/9353489
Protective clothing is worn in many industrial and military situations.
Although worn for protection from one or more hazards, the clothing can
have secondary effects which may limit the ability of the worker to perform
the tasks required of the job. As demonstrated in the previous chapter,
increases in energy consumption of 10 to 20 % are not uncommon. A small
number of other results in this range have been reported in the literature
along with suggestions that the additional clothing weight of the protective
garments may be contributing to the observed increases. However, despite
these proposals little investigation has been undertaken. In the previous
chapter a plot of the percentage increases in metabolic rate in relation to the
garment weight, fitted with a linear regression line resulted in a 2.7 %
increase in metabolic rate per kg of clothing weight, which is considerably
higher than would be predicted for carrying load.