在寒冷环境中进行体力劳动时的能源消耗:军事服务人员的生理学和绩效考虑
Erica A Schafer1,2, Christopher L Chapman1,2, John W Castellani1
1Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), Natick, Massachusetts, United States.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|August 29, 2024
概括
军事人员在寒冷的环境中面临极端的能源需求. 了解和减轻这些代谢成本对于保持作战准备和防止性能下降至关重要.
科学领域:
- 军事医学 军事医学
- 环境生理学环境生理学
- 人类表现的人类表现.
背景情况:
- 在寒冷的气候下,有效的军事行动取决于服务人员的准备.
- 了解极端寒冷的代谢能量需求对于医疗准备至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 审查在寒冷环境中军事体力工作的能源成本.
- 确定导致能源开支增加的因素及其后果.
- 探索在寒冷条件下优化军事性能的潜在对策.
主要方法:
- 科学文献的叙述性审查.
- 分析影响冷操作环境中的代谢需求的因素.
- 检查医疗准备的影响和缓解策略.
主要成果:
- 由于温度调节,服装,冷空气吸入和天气,寒冷的环境显著增加了能源消耗.
- 高度和风等联合压力因素加剧了代谢压力.
- 高昂的能源成本导致负能量平衡,脱水,身体/认知能力下降.
结论:
- 包括先进服装,可穿戴技术,药品和培训在内的对策可以减轻能源支出.
- 降低能源需求优化了军事人员在寒冷环境中的健康,性能和操作结果.
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