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ID (ISN) del documento40573
Número CIS 83-1692
ISSN - Título de la serie Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija
Año 1981
Número de serie
Autor(es) Kononenko A.A., Derkač V.V.
Título Changes in cardiovascular function and adaptive antihypoxic mechanisms in computer keyboard operators during a work shift
Título original Nekotorye osobennosti funkcional'noj aktivnosti serdečno-sosudistoj sistemy i prisposobitel'nyh antigipoksičeskih mehanizmov u operatorov klavišnyh ėlektronno-vyčislitel'nyh mašin v dinamike rabočej smeny [en ruso]
Información bibliográfica Nov. 1981, No.11, p.29-32. 11 ref.
Resumen Pulse rate, blood oxygenation, electroencephalogram and rheoencephalometric parameters of 23 computer operators were recorded at the beginning, middle and end of a shift. The dynamics of blood oxygenation during intake, holding and release of a breath, as measured by an oxyhaemograph sensor attached to a subject's ear lobe, was taken as a measure of the activity of antihypoxic mechanisms. This activity, as well as heart rate and rate of intracerebral circulation, declined over a working shift. This is probably a response to the sedentary and monotonous nature of the work.
Descriptores (primarios) trabajo sedentario; trastornos circulatorios del cerebro; terminales de ordenador; hipoxia; alteraciones hemodinámicas
Descriptores (secundarios) ritmo cardiaco; trabajo monótono
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Office work
Cardiovascular diseases
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Diseases of the nervous system