Citation

Hormeño-Holgado AJ, Perez-Martinez MA, Clemente-Suárez VJ. Physiol. Behav. 2019; 199: 79-83.

Affiliation

Universidad Europea de Madrid, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Madrid, Spain; Studies Centre in Applied Combat (CESCA), Toledo, Spain; Grupo de Investigación en Cultura, Educación y Sociedad, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia. Electronic address: vctxente@yahoo.es.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.11.006

PMID

30414882

Abstract

Different extreme contexts elicit a stress response on human body, specifically on combat produces an increase of sympathetic nervous system and a direct effect on the organic response. This research aimed to study the psychophysiological response of an air security force in a simulated air accident in a hostile area and its subsequent subterfuge to a safe area. We analyzed 13 soldiers (32.4 ± 8.0 years) from an air security force unit of the Spanish Air Force who were divided into three teams to conduct the manoeuvre. We analyzed before and after the manoeuvre psychological well-being scale, personal views survey, recovery-stress questionnaire (REST-52 Sport); heart rate variability, visual analogue scale, rated of perceived exertion, spirometry, hydration and hand strength were analyzed during the four days of the manoeuvre: This produced a significantly (p < .05) increase in sympathetic modulation, hand strength, dehydration status, general and specific stress from RESTQ-52. With this data we can conclude that an air accident manoeuvre of three nights and four days causes in the air mobile protection team a high sympathetic nervous system modulation, increases on muscle strength manifestations and stress and a dehydration status.

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Language: en

Keywords

Combat; Military; Sleep deprivation; Stress; Ultraendurance