Promoting Soldier Cognitive Readiness for Battle Tank Operations Through Bio-signal Measurements

Wearable Devices Suitable for Monitoring Twenty Four Hour Heart Rate Variability in Military Populations

“…At present in its commercial off-the-shelf form, the single channel configuration may not be suitable for use in the field as leads may catch or be displaced during military activities. However, a study proposal has identified the Faros TM 360 will be employed to measure HRV in military populations [ 30 ] and study details indicate that adaptions to electrode configuration have occurred so that wired connections are not required. The research project by Laarni et al [ 30 ] is still ongoing and so results cannot be provided about the feasibility of the Faros TM device in the field.…”

“…However, a study proposal has identified the Faros TM 360 will be employed to measure HRV in military populations [ 30 ] and study details indicate that adaptions to electrode configuration have occurred so that wired connections are not required. The research project by Laarni et al [ 30 ] is still ongoing and so results cannot be provided about the feasibility of the Faros TM device in the field. The FastFix patch has not, to the authors’ knowledge, been trialed with the use of body armour.…”

Enabling Remote Responder Bio-Signal Monitoring in a Cooperative Human–Robot Architecture for Search and Rescue

“…Furthermore, studies in nuclear power plant workers were conducted in [ 22 ] for monitoring psychological distress using EEG at certain brain areas where reduced alpha and increased beta activity in cortical areas are associated with anxiety, but conclusions were limited by the small sample size and the difference of EEG signals for each person. In [ 23 ], an evaluation was performed to develop a concept for the assessment of fatigue, acute stress and combat/cognitive readiness in military battle tank crews by recording the ECG and the physical activity and eye movements during sleep, but no experiments were shown. Studies were also out to detect intimate partner violence [ 24 ], where monitoring of heart rate (HR), pulse, body temperature, electrodermal activity (EDA) and the brain’s electrical activity was proposed for training machine learning algorithms to generate automatic aggression alarms without the victim’s conscious action, but no experimental validation is available.…”

“…Finally, requirements for a wearable monitoring system are measurement accuracy and reliability, ability to present (high level) real-time readiness information, data transfer reliability, durability and ruggedness, small size and weight, long battery life, fault-tolerance and easiness to wear, use and maintain [ 23 ]. It is also important that the system does not cause harm to first responders, nor compromise their performance.…”