Instantaneous changes in heart rate regulation due to mental load in simulated office work

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1497-1505

  Taelman, Joachim ^a   Vandeput, Steven ^a   Vlemincx, Elke ^a   Spaepen, Arthur ^a   Van Huffel, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous wavelet transform; Heart rate variability (HRV); Mental load; Physical load; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054007688     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1776-0     Document Type: Article

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