The role of physical exercise as a strategy for improvement of flight safety: focus on the air traffic controller
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https://doi.org/10.33233/rbfe.v18i3.3128Keywords:
air traffic controller; reverse shift work; rotational shift work; fatigue; sleep; physical trainingAbstract
Introduction: Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) activities are comprised by huge mental and physical overload and regular exercise can be an effective and economic alternative in this context. Objective: To discuss the responses related to physical training and its effects on work-related symptoms presented by ATC. Methods: Systematic review using Pubmed, Scielo, Lilacs and Scopus databases. Results: We did not found articles directly involving exercise training and ATC. However, it could be noted a similarity between symptoms presented by ATC and other shift workers. Studies that analyzed physical training programs demonstrated that exercise training programs were able to diminish the work-related symptoms from ATC. Conclusion: Physical training can contribute to mitigate the deleterious effects of work activity of ATC.
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