NICOP - Development of Fatigue Monitoring Indicator based on Affordable and Portable Biofeedback Technology for Concurrent High-Intensity Physical and Cognitive Tasks
Abstract
Performance improvement and degradation has been investigated as a function of workload intensity during concurrent physical and cognitive demand task performance. However, the effect was found to be inconsistent across a spectrum of workload intensity levels due to a dependency on a variety of otherfactors. There is also a lack of practical approaches to real-time performance assessment in the field settings. In high-intensity demand cases, for example, soldiers in combat operations and athletes in team sports have to make decisions rapidly and accurately while maintaining high physical performance.Athlete and solider performance as well as fatigue development are critical to be monitored in real-time during the operations. By validating with reliable, yet complex physiological signals, this study attempts to develop an indicator using affordable ~field~ physiological measures for real-time monitoring of fatiguemechanisms related to physical and cognitive performance degradation. The indicator can be used as a decision support tool for supervisors in strategic planning. Moreover, the findings can be used for future development of effective training techniques and fatigue prevention and/or treatment of specific parts ofhuman system. By investigating on both athletes and soldiers, the proposed indicator is also expected to have utility of generalization across populations with similar task demands.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2018
- Source ID
- N629091812082
Entities
People
- Manida Swangnetr
Organizations
- Khon Kaen University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy