[Changes in the work capacity of the operators of command-measuring systems during daily duty]

Voen Med Zh. 1997 Jun;318(6):55-9, 80.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Through 12 hours of work the operators of command-measuring complexes had initial signs of exhaustion, showed them-self by decrease of health state, activity, mood, increase of latent period of simple sensorimotor reaction. These changes of a functional condition had no effect on quality of fulfillment of target problems. At the end of daily duty exhaustion, described by deterioration of health state, increase of operators' anxiousness, rapid pulse, reduction of time of delay of breath, increase of time of instability of sensorimotor reactions, amount of faulty actions, reduction of speed of mental processes and distribution of attention were developed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Efficiency / physiology
  • Fatigue / physiopathology
  • Fatigue / psychology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Military Personnel* / psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Russia
  • Space Flight*
  • Time Factors
  • Work Capacity Evaluation*