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J Zülch

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PubMed1989

Work with magnifying glasses.

At workplaces with optical aids workers complain more often from visual and musculo-skeletal disorders compared to those working in offices. These complaints concern more often workers using magnifying glasses than those using stereomicroscopes. Bad working-postures at workplaces with loupes and the worse optical quality of todays loupes are two causes. In addition, the measured magnification was less than the theoretical value of standards. The strain of accommodation was high. The results of this study suggest use of eye-glasses for near-vision in addition to loupes. The use of stereo-microscopes instead of loupes must be recommended.

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PubMed1986

[Special stresses at microscopy work places].

Many problems occur at workplaces with microscopes. These problems are related to vision, manipulation and sitting posture. A field study was carried out in order to establish guidelines for constructing ergonomic microscopes.

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PubMed1979

[Effect of caffeine on motor reactions and visual-mental processing time].

The effect of coffee without and with caffeine (200 mg) on the performance of "awake" respectively "fatigued" subjects was proved. 5 females and 7 males (22 to 32 years) were chosen for the cross-over double-blind study. Motor reaction time, visual-mental processing time, reading-speed and reading-errors were recorded. Further experiments under aggravated conditions were carried out. In the morning ("awake") caffeine increases the efficiency of all parameters excepted the reading errors. At night ("fatigued") the increase by caffeine is insignificant. Even in some subjects caffeine decreases the speed of reading and increases the number of errors. Under test-conditions, which were aggravated by strong acoustical disturbance, caffeine does not improve efficiency, compared with caffeine-free coffee. Overriding into the range of decreasing performance in spite of increasing central activity was not found under any test-condition.

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