Can a simple balance task be used to assess fitness for duty?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 74-79

  Sargent, Charli ^a   Darwent, David ^a   Ferguson, Sally A ^a   Roach, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance; Fitness for duty; Shiftwork; Sleepiness; Time of day; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

BALANCE; FITNESS-FOR-DUTY; SHIFTWORK; SLEEPINESS; TIME OF DAY; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FATIGUE TESTING; HEALTH; SLEEP RESEARCH;

WAKES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84855662800     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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