Phase shifts of the human circadian system and performance deficit during the periods of transition : I, East-West flight.

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• Creators:
  Hauty, G.T. ; Adams, T.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Flight crews
  • Circadian rhythms
  • Fatigue (Physiological condition)
  • Time zones
  • International travel
  • Jet transports
  • Jet lag
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Physiological aspects
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  AM 65-28 ; DOT/FAA/AM-65/28
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oklahoma ; Tokyo (Japan) ; Manila (Philippines)
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  At periodic intervals throughout the biological day, biomedical assessments were made for a week prior to jet flight to Santiago, Chile, for 12 days at Santiago, and for a week following return to Washington, D.C. Although previous East-West and West-East flight effected a primary shift of circadian periodicity, as manifested by physiological functions, the North-South flight did not. ; There was, however, a significant increase of subjective fatigue, as in the other flights. The significant impairment of psychological performance produced by the East-West but not the West-East flight was not shown by the North-South flight.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20756/dot_20756_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 663.39 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:261a081e41492977c868e2df108984b97180710a67c89b7802b79dd19c5e759edf57c2acb012b19c79888b5ef4a18f3d306ee402b41e74556be46b1aae9c35a3