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The aim of this study is to investigate human factors specific to high-speed craft operation during transits at sea. For that purpose, a pilot methodology to simultaneously measure and synchronize boat and human physiological data during a transit was designed and conducted. Some measures of interest in the study were seat motions and vibration coupled with head motions, heart rate and the activity of certain spinal muscles. The surface electromyography (EMG) signals were used in order to investigate if the fatiguing characteristics of the lumbar spine muscles of a RIB crew change over time. Additionally, the electrocardiogram (ECG) signals were used to analyze the effect of body vibrations on heart rate variability.
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Nikolić, D., Collier, R., Allen, R. (2010). Assessment of Human Performance during High-Speed Marine Craft Transit. In: Bamidis, P.D., Pallikarakis, N. (eds) XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_22
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