Preliminary results of the LF/HF ratio as an indicator for estimating difficulty level of flight tasks

Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 518-523

  Skibniewski, Franciszek W ^a   Dziuda, Lukasz ^a   Baran, Paulina M ^a   Krej, Mariusz K ^a   Guzowski, Sylwester ^a   Piotrowski, Marcin A ^a   Truszczynski, Olaf E ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability (HRV); In flight research; Pilot's psychophysiological load; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938922153     PISSN: 23756314     EISSN: 23756322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/AMHP.4087.2015     Document Type: Article

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