Consequences of simulated car driving at constant high speed on the sensorimotor control of leg muscles and the braking response

The authors of this article studied the effect that leg-muscle fatigue has on drivers' ability to respond in emergency-braking situations. Fourteen healthy male subjects were examined before and after a one-hour session in a driving simulator. Although many measures of muscle response, leg extension forces, and foot-inversion forces changed during the trial, the gastrocnemius medialis muscle, which plays a key role in the braking response, showed very little change. Therefore, reduced braking reaction time was not observed.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12383
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/14750961
• Authors:
  • Jammes, Yves
  • Behr, Michel
  • Weber, Jean P
  • Berdah, Stephane
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 767-775
• Serial:
  • Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1475-0961
  • EISSN: 1475-097X
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475097x

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Driving simulators; Human factors; Leg; Reaction time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01831582
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2021 9:39AM