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Effect of Exercise and Heat-Load on Simple Reaction Time of University Students

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Title Effect of Exercise and Heat-Load on Simple Reaction Time of University Students
 
Creator CHANDRA, AM
GHOSH, S
BARMAN, S
IQBAL, R
SADHU, N
 
Subject stress
performance
exposure
sports
work
reaction time
exercise
heat stress
cognitive performance
 
Description Visual and auditory simple reaction times for both right and left hands of young university male students were recorded with a simple reaction tuner before and after an exercise schedule without and with elevated temperatures in a climatic chamber The results indicated a decrease in both visual and auditory reaction times after the exercise but a milked increase in them was noticed when exercise was performed at elevated temperatures The difference in reaction tunes in preferred and nonpreferred hands was negligible at rest e without any exercise and elevated temperature However the difference was significant when exercise was performed at elevated temperatures Visual reaction time was longer than auditory reaction time in all conditions The results suggest that in hot industries increased temperature has a specific rather than general effect on cognitive processes perception and attentiveness leading to increased chances of human errors fatal accidents and loss of productivity
 
Publisher CENTRAL INST LABOUR PROTECTION-NATL RESEARCH INST
 
Date 2011-07-19T13:47:35Z
2011-12-26T12:51:14Z
2011-12-27T05:37:45Z
2011-07-19T13:47:35Z
2011-12-26T12:51:14Z
2011-12-27T05:37:45Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS, 16(4), 497-505
1080-3548
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/5317
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/5317
 
Language en