conclusions the was could be used for reliable assessment of work ability among iranian workers. to improve the worker’s work ability, interventional programs should focus on the alteration and correction of work schedule, and increasing the supervisor’s support for the young workers. objectives the present study aimed to assess work ability using wai and was instruments and to compare their re...

background: to reduce occupational accidents and work-related diseases as well as improving satisfaction of working conditions, assessment to identify risks and control measures are necessary. the aim of this study, applying ergonomic assessment indices relative stress index (rsi) and work ability index (wai) to assess the job groups and ability of workers. methods: this study was conducted on ...

background: the purpose of this research is to establish the ability of employees by work ability index (wai), physical work capacity (pwc), and finding the correlation between them . establishing the pwc index with attention to wai values for the purpose of saving in costs and time of pwc measurements is another aim of this project. methods: the present research is an analytic cross-sectional ...

introduction: to reduce occupational accidents and work-related diseases as well as improving satisfaction of working conditions, assessment to identify risks and control measures are necessary. the aim of this study, applying ergonomic assessment indices to assessed the job groups and ability of textile workers. materials and methods: this study was conducted on 194 men employed in the qaembaf...

background: the correct appraisal of the employees' work ability is important for employers in the economic viewpoint. improving the personnel's work ability is a way to increase the productivity of human resources in industries and organizations. the purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of employees by work ability index (wai) and physical work capacity (pwc) and to find a corr...