Acute caffeine intake before and after fatiguing exercise improves target shooting engagement time

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 865-871

  Gillingham, Robin L ^a   Keefe, Allan A ^b   Tikuisis, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engagement time; Marksmanship; Physical exertion; Target discrimination; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 4744350924     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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