Changes in postural sway during a period of sustained wakefulness in male adults

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 490-495

  Liu, Y ^a   Higuchi, S ^a   Motohashi, Y ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Night shift; Nocturnal variation; Postural sway; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYELID CLOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0035672875     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/51.8.490     Document Type: Article

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