Post-duty psychomotor performance in young and senior anaesthetists

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-256

  Lederer, W ^a   Kopp, M ^a   Hahn, O ^a   Kurzthaler, I ^a   Traweger, C ^b   Kinzl, J ^a   Benzer, A ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aged; Anaesthesia; Fatigue, capacity for work, reduced efficiency; Psychomotor performance, sensory process, motor activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF EVALUATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTENTION; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33344477164     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505002267     Document Type: Article

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