Cognitive Performance changes during a 20-day Winter Military Training Course and the Following 10-day Recovery Period
ABSTRACTIntroduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a winter military field training course consisting of strenuous physical stressors (e.g. physical activity, sleep deprivation and cold weather) on cognitive performance among Finnish soldiers.Methods: Fifty-eigh...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:643da4cc15dc49a78b46bf6bd009c285 2024-01-21T10:03:59+01:00 Cognitive Performance changes during a 20-day Winter Military Training Course and the Following 10-day Recovery Period Kari Kallinen Tommi Ojanen 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2225896 https://doaj.org/article/643da4cc15dc49a78b46bf6bd009c285 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2225896 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2225896 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/643da4cc15dc49a78b46bf6bd009c285 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 82, Iss 1 (2023) Cold weather training soldier’s cognitive performance stress recovery testing Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2225896 2023-12-24T01:42:47Z ABSTRACTIntroduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a winter military field training course consisting of strenuous physical stressors (e.g. physical activity, sleep deprivation and cold weather) on cognitive performance among Finnish soldiers.Methods: Fifty-eight (age 19 ± 1 years, height 182 ± 6 cm, body mass 78.5 ± 7.2 kg) male soldiers took part in a 20-day military field training course in northern Finland. Cognitive performance was assessed before, during, and after the course four times on a tablet computer. Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) was used to assess soldier’s executive and inhibitory function. Baddeley’s 3-min reasoning task (BRT) was used to assess grammatical reasoning, and Change Blindness (CB) task was used to assess visual perception.Results: Strenuous winter field training had detrimental effects in all performance tests compared to baseline. SART response rate decreased 27.3% (p < 0.001), and BRT and CB task scores decreased 20.6% (p < 0.01) and 14.1% (p < .05), respectively.Conclusion: The present study showed a decline in soldier’s cognitive performance after 20-days of physically demanding winter military field training. To be able to optimise field training, it is important to be aware of how cognitive performance changes during military exercises and missions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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ABSTRACTIntroduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a winter military field training course consisting of strenuous physical stressors (e.g. physical activity, sleep deprivation and cold weather) on cognitive performance among Finnish soldiers.Methods: Fifty-eight (age 19 ± 1 years, height 182 ± 6 cm, body mass 78.5 ± 7.2 kg) male soldiers took part in a 20-day military field training course in northern Finland. Cognitive performance was assessed before, during, and after the course four times on a tablet computer. Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) was used to assess soldier’s executive and inhibitory function. Baddeley’s 3-min reasoning task (BRT) was used to assess grammatical reasoning, and Change Blindness (CB) task was used to assess visual perception.Results: Strenuous winter field training had detrimental effects in all performance tests compared to baseline. SART response rate decreased 27.3% (p < 0.001), and BRT and CB task scores decreased 20.6% (p < 0.01) and 14.1% (p < .05), respectively.Conclusion: The present study showed a decline in soldier’s cognitive performance after 20-days of physically demanding winter military field training. To be able to optimise field training, it is important to be aware of how cognitive performance changes during military exercises and missions. |
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Cognitive Performance changes during a 20-day Winter Military Training Course and the Following 10-day Recovery Period |
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