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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

台灣地區成年人職業別對體適能的影響

Abstract

Physical fitness is the state of health measured by body composition, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardiopulmonary endurance. Occupational difference in physical fitness results in differing physical demands of working environments. This study compared occupational fitness in 32,950 Taiwan adults aging from 18 to 65 years. Volunteers were classified by gender, age and occupation. The purpose of this study was to provide information for physical fitness training.Statistical differences among various occupations were found by this research. Students, and educational workers had the lowest body mass index as well as the best flexibility and endurance in all analyzed subjects. Male students, male teachers, female agricultural workers and female educational workers had better cardiopulmonary endurance than public sector workers who have poorer endurance. Unemployed workers had the worst muscular endurance. Male public sector workers and female agricultural workers had the highest body mass index. Analytic results indicated that workers in various occupations significantly differed in terms of physical fitness. Notably, employment in occupations involving physical labor showed no correlation with improved physical fitness. This might support the importance that physical labor would balance physical functions with exercise to prevent physical dysfunction resulted from particular occupation.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

137

Last Page

143

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