Monitoring metabolic status : predicting decrements in physiological and cognitive performance / / Committee on Metabolic Monitoring for Military Field Applications ; Standing Committee on Military Nutrition Research ; Food and Nutrition Board ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783274303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : National Academies Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 0-309-16611-X; 1-280-17635-0; 9786610176359; 0-309-53052-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 450 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.9/8023
• Soggetti: Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States; Soldiers - Mental health - United States; Biochemical markers - Diagnostic use; United States Armed Forces Medical care
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Rationale for military interest and current capabilities in monitoring metabolism The study of individual differences: statistical approaches to inter- and intraindividual variability Monitoring overall physical status to predict performance Physiological biomarkers for predicting performance Strategies for monitoring cognitive performance Conclusions and recommendations
• Sommario/riassunto: The U.S. military's concerns about the individual combat service member's ability to avoid performance degradation, in conjunction with the need to maintain both mental and physical capabilities in highly stressful situations, have led to and interest in developing methods by which commanders can monitor the status of the combat service members in the field. This report examines appropriate biological markers, monitoring technologies currently available and in need of development, and appropriate algorithms to interpret the data obtained ; in order to provide information for command decisions relative to the physiological "readiness" of each combat service member. More specifically, this report also provides responses to questions posed by the military relative to monitoring the metabolic regulation during prolonged, exhaustive efforts, where nutrition/hydration and repair mechanisms may be mismatched to intakes and rest, or where specific metabolic derangements are present.