What Does Military Biomedical Research Contribute to Sustaining Soldier Performance in Cold Environments?

Abstract

Research on the physiology of performance limits provides simple and effective solutions involving the way we feed, train, and equip the Soldier. Accurate predictions of human performance offer useful decision aids to military planners, set safe limits in training, and provide a scientific basis to evaluate military strategies or off-the-shelf technologies. Current cold physiology studies focus on hypothermia risk prediction, militarily relevant performance, and affordable metabolic countermeasures. Joint Norwegian-U.S. research cooperation on extending human limits in cold environments is a logical expansion of previous productive Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (NDRE)-USARIEM studies, with new opportunities and requirements presented by Norwegian leadership in NATO cold weather training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA473107

Entities

People

  • Karl E. Friedl

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood Flow
  • Body Regions
  • Body Temperature
  • Clothing
  • Computer Programs
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Military Research
  • Military Training
  • Motor Skills
  • Physiological Processes
  • Physiology
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Vascular Diseases
  • Water

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Materials Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology