Original scientific paper
Tests of fatigue
Z. Bujas
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb
Abstract
Although in terms of everyday language fatigue is considered a general category, the investigations carried cut so far indicate that »fatigue« consists of a number of different independent phenomena. Changes in the function of isolated mechanisms cannot serve as a test of fatigue, as they do not occur in all the subjects in the same direction, nor are they qualitatively the same in the same subject if the test is repeated. It appears that the activities producing work are essentially composed of some complex structures which in the course of work become disorganized and replaced by some new structures at a lower level. Thus, although work is now brought forth by these new »more primitive« structures, it is still possible for work output to remain at the same level. To provide evidence for this assumption, investigations of the structure of mechanisms in the state of fatigue are in progress. The method used is factor analysis.
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Hrčak ID:
183929
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Publication date:
17.9.1957.
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