THE EFFECT OF SIMULATED TROPICAL CLIMATE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL WEARING AN INTEGRATED BODY ARMOR-LOAD CARRYING SYSTEM (BALCS)

Abstract

An attempt was made to determine to what extent the wearing of a body armor-load carrying system (BALCS) and the carrying f a total load of 54 pounds would affect the ability of a group of U. S. Marines to do a fixed amount of work under simulated tropical climatic conditions. Although the addition of the integrated body armor-load carrying system (BALCS) produced significant increases in the several physiological parameters measured, increases were within normal physiological limits for the 45-min period in which the subjects were exposed to the experimental conditions. Assessment of the adrenal cortical activity, as indicated by the measurements utilized in this study, suggested that neither the heat and humidity in which the subjects exercised nor the wearing of the BALCS was of a sufficient magnitude to cause measurable stress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0258296

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  • C. S. Blyth
  • E. B. Cook
  • J. J. Martorano

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  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Body Armor
  • Body Weight
  • Climate
  • Data Science
  • Heart Rate
  • High Humidity
  • High Temperature
  • Information Science
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Personnel
  • Measurement
  • North Carolina
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

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