Mental Fatigue - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[A method to extract signals related to fatigue during visual display terminal (VDT) operation using independent component analysis]

30 Aug 2009 With the recent, rapid developments of computers, adaptation between the human being and computer is being improved. On the other hand, mental fatigue is increased by continuous, long-time use. The problem of mental fatigue is now a new focus of ... Read more...

Vital exhaustion in chronic heart failure: symptom profiles and clinical outcome.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the components of vital exhaustion (VE) in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and to examine whether psychological symptom profiles based on these components are differently associated with health ... Read more...

Reliability and validity of two new instruments for measuring aspects of mental slowness in the daily lives of stroke patients.

30 Dec 2008 The objective of the study was to examine psychometric characteristics of two measures related to mental slowness experienced after stroke: One measure is aimed at performance on tasks, the other is a questionnaire evaluating perceived consequences ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Fatigue - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [A method to extract signals related to fatigue during visual display terminal (VDT) operation using independent component analysis] 30 Aug 2009
• [Fatigue] 27 Apr 2009
• Vital exhaustion in chronic heart failure: symptom profiles and clinical outcome. 27 Feb 2009
• Reliability and validity of two new instruments for measuring aspects of mental slowness in the daily lives of stroke patients. 30 Dec 2008
• Benchmark duration of work hours for development of fatigue symptoms in Japanese workers with adjustment for job-related stress. 9 Sep 2008
• Neuropsychological performance in persons with chronic fatigue syndrome: results from a population-based study. 5 Jul 2008
• High-density EEG coherence analysis using functional units applied to mental fatigue. 9 Apr 2008
• Characteristics of fatigue in panic disorder patients. 30 Mar 2008
• A medical definition of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. 12 Jan 2008
• Reliance on God's help, depression and fatigue in female cancer patients. 30 Dec 2007
• Objective measurement of fatigue following traumatic brain injury. 30 Dec 2007
• [Fatigue in hematological patients treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation] 15 Sep 2007
• A feature selection method for multilevel mental fatigue EEG classification. 29 Jun 2007
• [Depression, anxiety and other emotional symptoms after cerebral stroke] 15 May 2007
• ["Brain fatigue"--an invisible disability with possible severe problems. Disturbed glutamate regulation can explain reduced filtration of information] 30 Mar 2007
• [Effects of long term mental arithmetic on physiological parameters, subjective indices and task performances] 27 Feb 2007
• Cross-cultural validation of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire in Brazilian primary care. 27 Feb 2007
• Train driving efficiency and safety: examining the cost of fatigue. 27 Feb 2007
• [Review of driver fatigue/drowsiness detection methods] 30 Jan 2007
• The psychometric properties of the Swedish Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory MFI-20 in four different populations. 30 Dec 2006

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Technical information about 'Mental Fatigue'

Definition: A condition of low alertness or cognitive impairment, usually associated with prolonged mental activities or stress.

Descriptor UI: D005222

Alternative terms: Mental Fatigue; Fatigue, Mental;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.369.500; F01.145.126.937;

Online Note: use MENTAL FATIGUE to search FATIGUE, MENTAL 1966-94

History Note: 95; was FATIGUE, MENTAL 1963-94