Mental strain in medical students during simulator training measured by forehead sweating

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 408-410

  Shimoda, Osamu ^a   Ikuta, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minamata City Gen Hosp Med Ctr   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional sweating; Forehead perspiration; Mental strain; Sweating measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATOR; SWEATING; TRAINING;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWEATING;

EID: 29144496567     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-005-0303-6     Document Type: Article

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