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Table 4: Metabolic rate – classification per category
Class M variation range Examples
W/m
2
W
0
In rest condi-
tion
65
(55 ÷ 70)
115
(100 ÷ 125)
In rest condition
1
Low meta-
bolic rate
100
(70 ÷ 130)
180
(125 ÷ 235)
Comfortable seated: light manual work (writing, typing, drawing, cutting, ac-
counting), working with hands and arms (small tools, inspection, assembly or sort-
ing of material), with arms and legs (driving a vehicle under normal conditions,
operation of a pedal or a switch with their feet).
Standing: work with drill (small pieces), router (small pieces), winding bobbins,
armature winding small, with low power machines, walk (speed up to 3.5 km / h).
2
Moderate
metabolic
rate
165
(130 ÷ 200)
295
(235 ÷ 360)
High work supported by the hands and arms: (hammering nails, polish), work with
arms and legs (driving off-road trucks, tractors or building machinery), work with
arms and trunk (with jackhammer, tractor assembly, plastering, handling intermit-
tent to moderately heavy materials, hoeing, harvest fruits and vegetables), push
or pull carts or wheelbarrows light, walk at speeds between 3.5 and 5.5 km / h;
forging.
3
High meta-
bolic rate
230
(200 ÷ 260)
415
(360 ÷ 465)
Intensive work with arms and bust, bringing heavy equipment, digging with
shovel; working with hammer, saw, chisel or plane hardwood; shearing the grass
by hand, digging, walking at a speed between 5.5 and 7 km / h. Pushing or pulling
carts and wheelbarrows with heavy loads; debarring castings; placing cement
blocks.
4
Very high
metabolic
rate
290
(> 260)
520
(>465)
A very intense work from fast to maximum; working with the dark, digging so in-
tense, climbing the stairs, ramps, walking quickly in small steps, running, walking
at speeds greater than 7 km / h.