Circadian time organization of professional firemen: Desynchronization-tau differing from 24.0 hours-documented by longitudinal self-assessment of 16 variables

Chronobiology International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1050-1065

  Reinberg, Alain ^a   Riedel, Marc ^a,b,c   Brousse, Eric ^b   Floc'H, Nadine Le ^c   Clarisse, René ^c   Mauvieux, Benoît ^a,b,c,d   Touitou, Yvan ^a   Smolensky, Michael H ^a,e   Marlot, Michel ^b   Berrez, Stéphane ^b   Mechkouri, Mohamed ^a  

^a Unite de Chronobiologie   (France)

^b Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Saône et Loire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian desynchronization; Circadian period; Cognitive rhythms; Interindividual differences; Oscillator strength; Physiological rhythms

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FATIGUE; FIRE FIGHTER; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FIREFIGHTERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84883588338     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.800087     Document Type: Article

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