The Effect of Blast Exposure on Sleep and Daytime Sleepiness in U.S. Marine Corps Breachers

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury resulting from blast exposure is an increasingly common problem among Soldiers returning from combat deployment. In order to understand the extent of damage resulting from blast exposure, this study examined students and instructors at the United States Marine Corps Methods of Dynamic Entry School during a two week training period. The results of the study suggest that actigraphy and subjective sleep measures are sensitive to changes in sleep quality/quantity as well as daytime sleepiness over the training session. The extent to which these changes are associated with blast exposure rather than other factors related to the training period will be explored further in a large scale study of breacher crewmen.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA528334

Entities

People

  • Amanda Kelley
  • Edna Rath
  • Jeremy Athy
  • Jim Chiaramonte
  • Melinda Vasbinder

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.