Title
Real-Time Physiological and Psycho-Physiological Status Monitoring
Author
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Hoyt, R.W.
Buller, M.J.
Gunga, H.
Werner, A.
Sattler, F.
Koch, J.
Nevola, V.R.
Ledderhos, C.
Valk, P.
Publication year
2010
Abstract
Dismounted warfighting groups are increasingly recognizing the benefits of knowing the medical status information that body-worn computerized physiological sensor systems can provide. This report on real-time physiological and psycho-physiological status monitoring reviews: a) Physiological monitoring system architectures, methods for managing noisy sensor data, and algorithms and models used to define physiological state; b) Thermal strain assessment methodologies, including an innovative method for estimating core temperature; c) Human hydration, and markers and methods of assessing hydration state; d) Altitude illness, from Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) to High Altitude Pulmonary and Cerebral Edema (HAPE/HACE), and the possibility of monitoring acclimatization status under operational conditions at high altitude; e) Sleep, and how circadian disruptions and sleep deprivation can lead to physical and mental fatigue and degraded cognitive performance; f) The relationship of heart rate variability and fatigue; and g) The use of ambulatory physiologic monitoring for combat casualty care. In addition, a prototype physiological monitoring system is described. Future research should: i) Explore simple data security methods suited to lightweight wearable systems; ii) Focus on practical militarily-relevant applications of ambulatory physiological and cognitive state measurements; and iii) Seek to establish practical test-bed venues to develop new ambulatory physiological monitoring capabilities.
Subject
Altitude illness
Combat casualty care
Core temperature
Exercise
Fatigue
Heart rate variability
Hydration
Sleep
Thermal strain
Wearable electronics
Military
Health
Medicine
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TNO identifier
409392
Publisher
RTO, Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
ISBN
9789283700937
Series
RTO-TR-HFM-132 AC/323(HFM-132)TP/283
Bibliographical note
Final Report of Task Group HFM-132.
Document type
report