NTL Record

Title Phase shifts of the human circadian system and performance deficit during the periods of transition : I, East-West flight.
Record ID 38926
Personal Name
Creator
Hauty, G.T.; Adams, T.
Corporate Creator United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19651200
Language English
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.
Rosap ID dot:20756
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20756
TRT Terms Air pilots; Flight crews; Circadian rhythms; Physiological fatigue; Time zones; International travel; Jet transports; Jet lag; Evaluation and assessment; Physiological aspects; Temperature; Skin; Evaporation; Heart rate; Breath; Respiratory system; Reaction time; Decision making; Brain; Psychological tests; Sleep; Rest periods; Behavior; Human subject testing
General Subjects Air pilots; Flight crews; Circadian rhythms; Fatigue; Time--Systems and standards; International travel; Jet transports; Jet lag; Evaluation; Body temperature; Dehydration (Physiology); Heart beat; Respiration; Reaction time; Decision making; Psychological tests; Human behavior; Sleep; Rest
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Energy and Environment;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
Oklahoma; Tokyo (Japan); Manila (Philippines)
Report Number AM 65-28; DOT/FAA/AM-65/28
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38900/38926/AM65-28.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository