Open AccessLoad Carriage and Physical Exertion Influence Cognitive Control in Military Scenarios
Author(s) -
Grace E. Giles,
Leif Hasselquist,
Christina Caruso,
Marianna D. Eddy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002085
Subject(s) - exertion , carriage , work (physics) , cognition , perceived exertion , physical medicine and rehabilitation , foot (prosody) , active duty , physical therapy , medicine , cognitive load , psychology , military personnel , heart rate , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , psychiatry , political science , blood pressure , law , radiology
Physical exertion has both beneficial and detrimental effects on cognitive performance, particularly cognitive control. Research into physical exertion under conditions of load carriage is particularly important given that military personnel and first responders must perform optimally under such combinatorial physical stressors. The present work sought to characterize cognitive control as a function of physical exertion and load carriage in a military operational scenario.