Physical Fitness and Skilled Work after Exercise
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 11 (1) , 41-45
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140136808930932
Abstract
A series of experiments was devised to investigate the effect of a burst of violent exercise upon the performance of a skilled visual— motor control task. Groups of subjects were trained to perform an acquisition task of (a) moderate difficulty (1st order control) and (b) great difficulty (2nd order control). It was found that, after a 400 see burst of activity at a rate of approximately 0-14 hp., subjects at an ordinary level of fitness showed no decrement on task (a) but a marked decrement on task (6). Very fit subjects, however, showed no decrement on task (b)Keywords
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