User profiles for Mark E Howard

Mark Howard

Director VRSS, Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health
Verified email at austin.org.au
Cited by 11633

Sleepiness, sleep-disordered breathing, and accident risk factors in commercial vehicle drivers

ME Howard, AV Desai, RR Grunstein… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
Sleep-disordered breathing and excessive sleepiness may be more common in commercial
vehicle drivers than in the general population. The relative importance of factors causing …

Effect of lower extremity muscular fatigue on motor control performance.

RB Johnston 3rd, ME Howard, PW Cawley… - Medicine and science …, 1998 - europepmc.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether lower extremity fatigue affects
the ability of an individual to balance on an unstable platform. Methods Twenty healthy …

Follow-up survey of US adult reports of mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic, September 2020

…, RI Lane, JF Wiley, CA Czeisler, ME Howard… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Adverse mental health symptoms among US adults were more prevalent during the early
phase (April-June 2020) of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic compared …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of shift work on sleep, alertness and performance in healthcare workers

…, JE Stone, MD Mulhall, A Collins, ME Howard… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Shift work is associated with impaired alertness and performance due to sleep loss and
circadian misalignment. This study examined sleep between shift types (day, evening, night), …

Cognition and daytime functioning in sleep-related breathing disorders

ML Jackson, ME Howard, M Barnes - Progress in brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Sleep-related breathing disorders encompass a range of disorders in which abnormal
ventilation occurs during sleep as a result of partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway, …

Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation during a prolonged COVID-19-related lockdown in a region with low SARS-CoV-2 prevalence

…, LK Barger, CA Czeisler, ME Howard… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been associated with mental
health consequences due to direct (ie, SARS-CoV-2 infection, potentially due to neuronal or …

[PDF][PDF] Sleep loss and circadian disruption in shift work: health burden and management

SMW Rajaratnam, ME Howard… - Medical Journal of …, 2013 - mja.com.au
• About 1.5 million Australians are shift workers. Shift work is associated with adverse health,
safety and performance outcomes. Circadian rhythm misalignment, inadequate and poor-…

High risk of near-crash driving events following night-shift work

ML Lee, ME Howard, WJ Horrey… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Night-shift workers are at high risk of drowsiness-related motor vehicle crashes as a result of
circadian disruption and sleep restriction. However, the impact of actual night-shift work on …

[HTML][HTML] Motor neuroprosthesis implanted with neurointerventional surgery improves capacity for activities of daily living tasks in severe paralysis: first in-human …

…, DL Williams, C MacIsaac, ME Howard… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Implantable brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), functioning as motor neuroprostheses,
have the potential to restore voluntary motor impulses to control digital devices and …

Individual vulnerability to insomnia, excessive sleepiness and shift work disorder amongst healthcare shift workers. A systematic review

…, SMW Rajaratnam, TL Sletten, ME Howard - Sleep medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Shift workers often experience reduced sleep quality, duration and/or excessive sleepiness
due to the imposed conflict between work and their circadian system. About 20–30% of shift …