RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effects of Shift Work on the Postural and Psychomotor Performance of Night Workers Fernanda Veruska Narciso1, José A. Barela2, Stefane A. Aguiar2, Adriana N. S. Carvalho3, Sergio Tufik1, Marco Túlio de Mello1,4* 1 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2 Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 3 Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 4 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil * [email protected]
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OPEN ACCESS Citation: Narciso FV, Barela JA, Aguiar SA, Carvalho ANS, Tufik S, de Mello MT (2016) Effects of Shift Work on the Postural and Psychomotor Performance of Night Workers. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0151609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151609 Editor: Raffaele Ferri, Oasi Institute for Research and Prevention of Mental Retardation, ITALY Received: November 29, 2015 Accepted: March 1, 2016 Published: April 26, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Narciso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: The authors have no support or funding to report. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of shift work on the psychomotor and postural performance of night workers. The study included 20 polysomnography technicians working schedule of 12-h night shift by 36-h off. On the first day of protocol, the body mass and height were measured, and an actigraph was placed on the wrist of each participant. On the second day of protocol, sleepiness by Karolinska Sleepiness Scale, postural control by force platform (30 seconds) and psychomotor performance by Psychomotor Vigilance Task (10 minutes) were measured before and after 12-h night work. Results showed that after 12-h night work, sleepiness increased by 59% (p
Effects of Shift Work on the Postural and Psychomotor Performance of Night Workers Fernanda Veruska Narciso1, José A. Barela2, Stefane A. Aguiar2, Adriana N. S. Carvalho3, Sergio Tufik1, Marco Túlio de Mello1,4* 1 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2 Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 3 Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 4 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil * [email protected]
Abstract a11111
OPEN ACCESS Citation: Narciso FV, Barela JA, Aguiar SA, Carvalho ANS, Tufik S, de Mello MT (2016) Effects of Shift Work on the Postural and Psychomotor Performance of Night Workers. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0151609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151609 Editor: Raffaele Ferri, Oasi Institute for Research and Prevention of Mental Retardation, ITALY Received: November 29, 2015 Accepted: March 1, 2016 Published: April 26, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Narciso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: The authors have no support or funding to report. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of shift work on the psychomotor and postural performance of night workers. The study included 20 polysomnography technicians working schedule of 12-h night shift by 36-h off. On the first day of protocol, the body mass and height were measured, and an actigraph was placed on the wrist of each participant. On the second day of protocol, sleepiness by Karolinska Sleepiness Scale, postural control by force platform (30 seconds) and psychomotor performance by Psychomotor Vigilance Task (10 minutes) were measured before and after 12-h night work. Results showed that after 12-h night work, sleepiness increased by 59% (p
