Effect of caffeine on simulator flight performance in sleep-deprived military pilot students

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Lohi, Jouni J ^a   Huttunen, Kerttu H ^b   Lahtinen, Taija M M ^b   Kilpeläinen, Airi A ^c   Muhli, Arto A ^b   Leino, Tuomo K ^d  

^a Lapland Air Command   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOMNOLENCE; STUDENT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34548743550     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.9.982     Document Type: Article

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