Citation

Zuzewicz K, Saulewicz A, Konarska M, Kaczorowski Z. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2011; 17(4): 403-410.

Affiliation

Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Poland. krzuz@ciop.pl.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22152505

Abstract

The goal of the study was to determine the effect of a 1-h hour long forklift truck virtual simulator driving on the mechanism of autonomic heart rate (HR) regulation in operators. The participants were divided into 2 subgroups: subjects with no definite inclination to motion sickness (group A) and subjects with a definite inclination to motion sickness (group B). Holter monitoring of electrocardiogram (ECG) signal was carried out in all subjects during the virtual simulator driving. For 12 consecutive epochs of ECG signal, HR variability analysis was conducted in time and frequency domains. In subjects with a definite inclination to motion sickness after ~30 min of the driving, changes in parameter values were found indicating an increase in sympathetic and parasympathetic activity with parasympathetic dominance.

Language: en