Portable Biosensors for Psychophysiological Stress Monitoring of a Helicopter Crew
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Psychophysiological Research Group, European University of Madrid, Tajo Street, s/n, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain
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Physical Education & Exercise Lab, Teacher Training College, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Avda. Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain
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Grupo de Investigación en Cultura, Educación y Sociedad, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080020, Colombia
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Sensors 2020, 20(23), 6849; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236849
Received: 13 October 2020
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Revised: 24 November 2020
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Accepted: 28 November 2020
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Published: 30 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Collection Sensor Technology for Sports Science)
This study aims to analyze the psychophysiological stress response of a helicopter crew using portable biosensors, and to analyze the psychophysiological stress response differences of experienced and non-experienced crew members. We analyzed 27 participants (33.89 ± 5.93 years) divided into two different flight maneuvers: a crane rescue maneuver: 15 participants (three control and 12 military) and a low-altitude maneuver: 12 participants (five control and seven military). Anxiety, rating of perceived exertion, subjective perception of stress, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, skin temperature, blood lactate, cortical arousal, autonomic modulation, leg and hand strength, leg flexibility, spirometry, urine, and short-term memory were analyzed before and after both helicopter flight maneuvers. The maneuvers produced a significant increase in stress and effort perception, state of anxiety, and sympathetic modulation, as well as a significant decrease in heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, leg and inspiratory muscle strength, and urine proteins. The use of biosensors showed how a crane rescue and low-altitude helicopter maneuvers produced an anticipatory anxiety response, showing an increased sympathetic autonomic modulation prior to the maneuvers, which was maintained during the maneuvers in both experienced and non-experienced participants. The crane rescue maneuver produced a higher maximal heart rate and decreased pulmonary capacity and strength than the low-altitude maneuver. The psychophysiological stress response was higher in the experienced than in non-experienced participants, but both presented an anticipatory stress response before the maneuver.
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Keywords:
stress; experience; military; heart rate variability; anxiety
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Vicente-Rodríguez, M.; Iglesias Gallego, D.; Fuentes-García, J.P.; Clemente-Suárez, V.J. Portable Biosensors for Psychophysiological Stress Monitoring of a Helicopter Crew. Sensors 2020, 20, 6849. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236849
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Vicente-Rodríguez M, Iglesias Gallego D, Fuentes-García JP, Clemente-Suárez VJ. Portable Biosensors for Psychophysiological Stress Monitoring of a Helicopter Crew. Sensors. 2020; 20(23):6849. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236849
Chicago/Turabian StyleVicente-Rodríguez, Marta, Damián Iglesias Gallego, Juan Pedro Fuentes-García, and Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez. 2020. "Portable Biosensors for Psychophysiological Stress Monitoring of a Helicopter Crew" Sensors 20, no. 23: 6849. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236849
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