Circulatory responses to machine-paced and self-paced work: an industrial study

Abstract

In a statistically balanced experimental design, 36 experienced industrial operators performed the same light assembly task in machine-paced (M/P) and self-paced (S/P) modes. The task was performed for 2 weeks in each pacing condition. Data was collected continuously for the following variables: heart rate; and systolic, diastolic and physiological mean blood pressures. Neither statistically significant nor clinically meaningful differences were found between the M/P and S/P mode.

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JAMES L. KNIGHT

Now at Bell Telephone Laboratories.