Motor Abilities and Psychological Characteristics of Slovene Military Pilots

Meško, Maja; Karpljuk, Damir; Štok, Zlatka Meško; Videmšek, Mateja; Bertoncel, Tine; Bertoncelj, Andrej; Podbregar, Iztok

doi:10.1080/10508414.2013.833750

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“…Tornero et al 38 showed that elite soldiers react better in a situation involving combat stress. Comparisons of Slovenian military pilots with a control group demonstrated a higher level of psychomotor abilities in the military pilots 26 .…”

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“…Studies comparing the level of psychomotor abilities in elite soldiers versus control groups have also been conducted 5 , 25 , 26 . A comparative study of reaction speed under stressful situations involving a group of elite and non-elite Spanish soldiers was carried out by Sanchez et al 25 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They assessed changes in the reaction times of Spanish soldiers due to unexpected stimuli in the form of an attack on a base or checkpoint. In another work, Meško et al 26 compared the level of psychomotor abilities in Slovenian military pilots versus a control group.…”

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Psychomotor abilities of candidates for Polish Special Forces

Paśko

Guła

Brożyna

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Combat tasks involving special units often put a mental and physical strain on the soldiers. During the military operation, soldiers may struggle with multiple difficulties such as extreme physical effort, sleep deprivation, weather conditions, limited access to food and stress. These circumstances require a high level of cognitive ability (including psychomotor abilities) to overcome the physiological stress response and to be able to quickly and efficiently make decisions under stressful situations, especially in combat. The aim of the study was to assess the level of the psychomotor abilities of candidates for the Polish Special Forces. The study comprised 48 candidates for the Polish Special Forces (age: $$30.06 \pm 2.87$$ 30.06 ± 2.87 ), 40 athletes (age: $$27.93 \pm 3.91$$ 27.93 ± 3.91 ) and 40 non-athletes (age: 24). The study was performed using Test2Drive software. Four computer-based tests were used to assess the following psychomotor abilities: simple reaction time, choice reaction time, hand-eye coordination and two-dimensional visuomotor coordination/spatial orientation test (SPANT). The analysis demonstrated statistically significant differences in reaction time and motor time between the study groups. The shortest reaction time in each test was observed in athletes, while the shortest motor time was observed in soldiers. All the psychomotor tests, except for the number of correct answers in SPANT, demonstrated statistically significant differences between the studied groups. It was also found that military training had a positive effect on the motor time in every psychomotor test. As regards the reaction time, it was observed that the athletes were characterised with better reaction times than the special forces candidates. The study has confirmed that military training and sports training have a positive effect on the level of psychomotor abilities, especially motor time.

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Psychomotor abilities of candidates for Polish Special Forces

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“…Pilots rarely look within themselves (introspection), blame each other, fight, or act childishly. They tend to eliminate emotions and cope more effectively with stress when they are faced with a problem or when their coping strategies are problem-centered and require immediate response or action [67]. In a study of Canadian military pilots, Hohmann et al also found that when stressed, pilots reported just focusing on the task and doing whatever it takes to achieve their goals.…”

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Selected Exogenous (Occupational and Environmental) Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Military and Aviation

Maculewicz,

Pabin,

Dziuda

et al. 2023

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Cardiovascular diseases are a group of disorders of heart and blood vessels which are the leading cause of death globally. They are also a very important cause of military unsuitability especially among military pilots. Some of the risk factors cannot be modified, but a large group of them can be modified by introducing healthy habits or behaviors, such as regular physical activity, quitting of tobacco smoking, cessation of harmful alcohol consumption, or stress avoidance. Specific occupational and environmental factors, such as acceleration, pressure changes, hypoxia, thermal stress, noise, vibration, prolonged sedentary posture, difficulties in moving the limbs, shifts, work shift irregularities, circadian dysrhythmia, variations in the microclimate, motion sickness, radiation, toxicological threats, occupational stress, emotional tension, highly demanding tasks especially during take-off and landing, predominance of intellectual over physical activity, and forced operation speed against time shortage are considered as characteristic for military personnel, especially military aircrews. They are of special concern as some of them are considered as potential CVD risk factors. The aim of this study was to discuss the influence of selected occupational and environmental factors (noise, altitude, hypoxia, acceleration forces, tobacco smoking, oral health, and stress) regarding their importance for CVD risk in military professionals and military aviators. The performed revision confirmed that they are exposed to certain characteristic conditions, which may influence the CVD risk but the number of solid scientific data regarding this subject are limited. There is a great need to perform complex studies on environmental and occupational risk factors for CVDs in military personnel and military aviators as well as how to minimize their influence to prolong the state of health and military suitability of this professional groups.

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An Investigation on the Demand of Psychological Data Collection in Military Pilots

Yang

Song

2020

Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering

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Motor Abilities and Psychological Characteristics of Slovene Military Pilots

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Psychomotor abilities of candidates for Polish Special Forces

Psychomotor abilities of candidates for Polish Special Forces

Selected Exogenous (Occupational and Environmental) Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Military and Aviation

An Investigation on the Demand of Psychological Data Collection in Military Pilots

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