Trial reportThe international journal of occupational and environmental medicine2019
Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Whole-Body Vibration and Mental Workload: A Pilot Study.
Trial report in The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Effects of Seat Vibration on Biometric Signals and Postural Stability in a Simulated Autonomous Driving Environment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Heart rate variability response to low-frequency sounds vibrations in regularly active male subjects.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Whole Body Vibration: A Valid Alternative Strategy to Exercise?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Review
- Cardiac Autonomic Control and Neural Arousal as Indexes of Fatigue in Professional Bus Drivers.Safety and health at work · 2022Article
- Influence of Non-Occupational Physical Activity on Burnout Syndrome, Job Satisfaction, Stress and Recovery in Fitness Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of whole body vibration and backrest angle on perceived mental workload and performance.EXCLI journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhole-body vibration (WBV) and mental workload (MWL) are common stressors among drivers who attempt to control numerous variables while driving a car, bus, or train.
objectiveTo examine the individual and combined effects of the WBV and MWL on the autonomic nervous system.
methodsECG of 24 healthy male students was recorded using NeXus-4 while performing two difficulty levels of a computerized dual task and when they were exposing to WBV (intensity 0.5 m/s
resultsA significant (p=0.008) increase was observed in the mean RR interval while the participants were exposed to WBV; there was a significant (p=0.02) reduction in the mean RR interval while the participants were performing the MWL. WBV (p=0.02) and MWL significantly (p<0.001) increased the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals with a moderate-to-large effect size. All active periods increased the low-frequency component and low-frequency/high-frequency ratio. However, only the WBV significantly increased the highfrequency component. A significant (p=0.01) interaction was observed between the WBV and MWL on low-frequency component and low-frequency/high-frequency ratio.
conclusionExposure to WBV and MWL can dysregulate the autonomic nervous system. WBV stimulates both sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system; MWL largely affects sympathetic nervous system. Both variables imbalance the sympatho-vagal control as well.
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