Trapezius muscle metabolism measured with NIRS in helicopter pilots flying a simulator

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-116

  Harrison, Michael F ^a   Neary, J Patrick ^a   Albert, Wayne J ^b   Veillette, Dan W ^c   McKenzie, Neil P ^d   Croll, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c Camp Gagetown ^*  (Canada)

^d Personnel Support Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helicopter simulator; Hemodynamics; Military; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neck strain; Night vision goggles; Trapezius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; HELICOPTER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATOR; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DARKNESS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33846782903     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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