The Adaptability of Individuals to Shiftwork. A Possible Experimental Approach

• Main Authors: Griefahn, Barbara, Degen, Gisela, Blaszkewicz, Meinolf, Golka, Klaus, Kunemund, Christa
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Subjects: ADAPTATION(PHYSIOLOGY); BIOCHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; COMPONENT REPORTS; FOREIGN REPORTS; GERMANY; MELATONIN; NATO FURNISHED; SHIFT WORK; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; Stress Physiology; SYMPOSIA

The Institute for Occupational Physiology at the University of Dortmund has been an important research center for shift work. This line of research was terminated a decade ago, when Joseph Rutenfranz died in 1989 and Peter Knauth became Professor at the University of Karlsruhe. Now, this topic will be resumed by a scientist with an extended experience in sleep research focused on experimental studies and field observations on sleep disturbances as caused by environmental noise. Research on shift work now will be executed in close cooperation with the biochemical unit of the institute, Presented at the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel, Venice, Italy, 3-4 June 99. This article is from ADA388183 Individual Differences in the Adaptability to Irregular Rest-Work Rhythms/Status of the Use of Drugs in Sleep-Wakefulness Management (les Differences entre individus concernant les facultes d'adaptation aux rythmes irreguliers activite-repos/Le point sur 1'utilisation des medicaments pour la gestion des periodes veille-sommeil)