I'm afraid I can't evaluate the validity of this research without more detail in the "methods" section.
In exploring previous work from others on this subject (fatigue associated with shoveling snow) I note that there have been some factors independent of "depth of snow" that correlate strongly with an increase in fatigue.
Some of these factors are:
• subject self-report of "partied late last night" • lower outdoor temperature (note: seems to relate also to restrictiveness of clothing, effort in dressing, and the effect of heavier clothing on perspiration) • Wetness of snow • passage of time since snow has accumulated.
For the last two, see the reference on snow density here: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1391-snow-and-ice-density
I'm afraid I can't evaluate the validity of this research without more detail in the "methods" section.
ReplyDeleteIn exploring previous work from others on this subject (fatigue associated with shoveling snow) I note that there have been some factors independent of "depth of snow" that correlate strongly with an increase in fatigue.
Some of these factors are:
• subject self-report of "partied late last night"
• lower outdoor temperature (note: seems to relate also to restrictiveness of clothing, effort in dressing, and the effect of heavier clothing on perspiration)
• Wetness of snow
• passage of time since snow has accumulated.
For the last two, see the reference on snow density here: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1391-snow-and-ice-density
I prefer not to think too hard about shoveling either 2" or 5" of snow.
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