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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Metabolic Monitoring for Military Field Applications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Health and hygiene--United States.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Mental health--United States.

Biochemical markers--Diagnostic use.

Biochemical markers.

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 450 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610176359

9780309166119

030916611X

9781280176357

1280176350

9780309530521

0309530520

OCLC:

559801645