Monitoring Metabolic Status: Predicting Decrements in Physiological and Cognitive Performance During Military Operations

2004 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Metabolic Status ◽  
Military Operations

scholarly journals A-20 Metabolic Syndrome and Executive Functioning in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 879-879
Author(s):  
T Slonim ◽  
L Haase-Alasantro ◽  
C Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Color Word ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Metabolic Status ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Increased Risk

Abstract Objective Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased rates of mortality and increased risk for developing dementia. Changes in brain structure and executive functioning have been reported within the literature. However, research examining cognitive performance in individuals with metabolic syndrome focuses primarily on older cohorts. As such, the effect of metabolic syndrome on cognitive functioning earlier in the lifespan is unclear. This research examined neuropsychological test performance and self-report measures in young, middle-aged, and older adults with and without MetS. Method Participants (n = 128) were categorized by age and metabolic status as follows: Young: n = 42, 52.4% Metabolic; Middle-Age: n = 41, 56.1% Metabolic; Older: n = 45, 51.1% Metabolic. Participants were administered the following cognitive assessments as part of a larger study: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS) Color-Word Interference Test and Trail Making. Multivariate analyses of variance were used to examine the relationship between age group, metabolic status, and cognitive performance. Results As expected, older adults performed more poorly than young and middle-aged adults across neurocognitive assessments (p < .05). MetS adults performed more slowly on Color-Word Interference: Inhibition [F(1,114) = 5.26, p = .024, η2 = .05]; however, there were no additional significant differences between groups on cognitive tests in this sample size. Conclusions These findings suggest that aspects of inhibition might be impaired in MetS adults. Future studies aimed at investigating relationships between metabolic risk factors and inhibition may provide insight into effective intervention targets to delay or prevent metabolic syndrome.

The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Stress Perceptions in Military Operations

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (13) ◽  
pp. 868-872
Author(s):  
Linda L. Mullins ◽  
Linda T. Fatkin ◽  
Harold E. Modrow ◽  
Debra J. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Stress Perception ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Daily Test

The study reported here is part of a continuing research program investigating the links between psychological stress responses and performance in a variety of settings. A battery of psychological and cognitive measures designed to assess stress perceptions, coping resources, and cognitive performance was administered at selected times in association with the daily test activities of smoke and decontamination platoon operations. During testing soldiers wore the full chemical protective ensemble including mask (MOPP IV). Canonical correlation analyses were computed to examine the relationship between the stress perception measures (predictor variables) and cognitive performance measures (outcome variables). The direction of the results indicates that as subjects experience an increase in their perception of the situation as stressful their corresponding performance declines. These results are consistent with the literature and indicate that the stress perception measures and performance measures used in this study are sensitive indicators of stress.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF AEROBIC FITNESS AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE DURING SUSTAINED MILITARY OPERATIONS

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. S29 ◽  
Author(s):  
A F.A. Duarte ◽  
V A. Lira ◽  
M V. Pitaluga Filho ◽  
C B. Santos ◽  
E C. Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Aerobic Fitness ◽  
Military Operations

Sustained Military Operations and Cognitive Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (8) ◽  
pp. 718-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Vrijkotte ◽  
Bart Roelands ◽  
Romain Meeusen ◽  
Nathalie Pattyn
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Military Operations

Impact of skin diseases on military operations

1969 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 702-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Sulzberger
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Military Operations

Abstract #1103 Metabolic Status Configuration in Patients with and Without Chronic Autommune Thyroiditis

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
Adina Ghemigian ◽  
Nicoleta Dumitru ◽  
Mara Carsote ◽  
Eugeniya Nedeltcheva Petrova ◽  
Andra Cocolos
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Status

Thimerosal Not Linked to Cognitive Performance

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance

Effects of a Group Program to Increase Cognitive Performance Through Cognitively Stimulating Leisure Activities in Healthy Older Subjects

GeroPsych ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina A. Tesky ◽  
Christian Thiel ◽  
Winfried Banzer ◽  
Johannes Pantel
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cognitive Stimulation ◽  
Group Program ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Older Subjects

To investigate the effects of leisure activities on cognitive performance of healthy older subjects, an innovative intervention program was developed. Frequent participation in cognitively stimulating activities (i.e., reading, playing chess, or playing music) is associated with reduced risk of dementia. AKTIVA (active cognitive stimulation – prevention in the elderly) is an intervention program designed to enhance cognitive stimulation in everyday life by increasing cognitive stimulating leisure activities. The present study determines the effects of AKTIVA on cognitive function, mood and attitude toward aging in a sample of older participants from the general population. Several measurement instruments were used including the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-Cog), the Trail-Making Test (TMT), and the Memory Complaint Questionnaire (MAC-Q). Initially, the sample consisted of 307 older persons (170 female, 72 ± 7 years). The intervention was evaluated with a randomized, controlled pre-post follow-up design. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: AKTIVA intervention (n = 126), AKTIVA intervention plus nutrition and exercise counseling (n = 84), no-intervention control group (n = 97). The AKTIVA intervention consisted of 8 weekly sessions and two booster sessions after a break of 4 months. Participation in the group program resulted in positive effects on cognitive function and attitude toward aging for subassembly groups. Older persons (≥ 75 years) showed enhanced speed of information processing (by TMT Version A) (F = 4.17*, p < .05); younger participants (< 75 years) showed an improvement in subjective memory decline (by MAC-Q) (F = 2.55*, p < .05). Additionally, AKTIVA enhanced the frequency of activities for leisure activities for subassembly groups. The results of this study suggest that the AKTIVA program can be used to increase cognitively stimulating leisure activities in the elderly. Further research is necessary to identify the long-term effects of this intervention particularly with respect to the prevention of dementia.

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