[The relation between workload and strain in the presence of severe physical disability-findings of a case study]

The workload on a physically disabled subject is compared to the load on a non-disabled subjects at identical tasks over a period of 5 shifts each. Various indicators for assessment of the physical working capacity as well as recordings of heart rates during activity are compared. The findings indicate that, in spite of comparable load, the strain may be greater for the disabled person than for the non-disabled, which does however not necessarily entail a difference in output.