title: Basic study of the portable fatigue meter: effects of illumination, distance from eyes and age.
abstract: Several aspects of a new, small and inexpensive fatigue assessment tool, the Portable Fatigue Meter (PFM), were studied. In the first experiment the effects of room illumination and distance between the PFM and the eyes on critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) values were examined. The results revealed that the PFM CFF value varied significantly as a function of the distance between the indicator and the eyes, but it was not affected by room illumination. The effect of ageing on the PFM CFF value was assessed in a second experiment. The results suggested that PFM CFF values are significantly smaller in middle-aged females than in younger females.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research and Development in Higher Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D005425:Flicker Fusion; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology; D016272:Occupational Health