Transcranial bright light and symptoms of jet lag: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 344-350

  Jurvelin, Heidi ^a   Jokelainen, Jari ^a   Takala, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Field study; Jet lag; Karolinska Sleepiness Scale; Profile of Mood States; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AUDITORY CANAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; JET LAG SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR CANAL; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930718405     PISSN: 23756314     EISSN: 23756322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/AMHP.4139.2015     Document Type: Article

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