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Document ID (ISN)20282
CIS number 74-282
ISSN - Serial title Zeitschrift für Präventivmedizin - Revue de médecine préventive
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Weber-Tschopp A., Jermini C., Grandjean E.
Title Relationship between objective and subjective methods of assessing experimental "fatigue"
Original title Beziehung zwischen objektiven und subjektiven Messmethoden bei experimentell erzeugter "Ermüdung" [in German]
Bibliographic information Sep.-0ct. 1973, Vol.18, No.5, p.279-283. Illus. 8 ref.
Abstract Description of a laboratory experiment to determine the correlation between critical flicker frequency and the subjective evaluation of fatigue, assessed by a bipolar questionnaire; fatigue was induced by a tranquilliser (Diazepam). Results show that subjects with a marked drop in critical flicker frequency also reported a marked increase in subjective fatigue.
Descriptors (primary) subjective fatigue; fatigue assessment; critical flicker frequency
Descriptors (secondary) tranquillizers; comparative study; human experiments
Document type -
Subject(s) Occupational physiology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fatigue