The Physiological Effects of Acute and Ramp Simulated Altitude Exposure During Simulated Flight Tasks
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 17
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Flight performance
研究概览
简要总结
• The purpose of this study is to investigate which physiological process that controls normal human body homeostasis is affected by low levels of acute hypoxic exposure and whether there is a difference in those physiological processes and simulated flight performance between a rapid and ramp hypoxic exposure. To accomplish this, pilot analogs will be exposed to normoxic, simulated 8,000 ft (2438 m), simulated 12,000 ft (3658 m), and a ramp exposure breathing at simulated 8,000 ft for 5 minutes before ascending to simulated 12,000 ft while flying in a flight simulator. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target. Physiological measures of heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure (BP), peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), electrodermal activity (EDA), and neck neuromuscular activity using electromyography (EMG) will be measured for this study. Along with questionnaires to assess hypoxic symptoms, simulator sickness, and self-perceived workload for each task
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Meets body composition standards for the US Navy Active-duty personnel based on height and weight
- •Normal vision/corrected to normal vision
排除标准
- •Respiratory Deficiencies
- •Cardiovascular Disorders
- •Neurological/Musculoskeletal Disorders
- •Photosensitive Epilepsy
研究组 & 干预措施
Normoxic
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks at a normoxic (baseline) altitude. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
Simulated 8,000 feet hypoxic
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks at a simulated 8,000 foot altitude. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
干预措施: Hypoxic breathing conditions (Other)
Simulated 12,000 feet hypoxic
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks at a simulated 12,000 foot altitude. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
干预措施: Hypoxic breathing conditions (Other)
Ramp hypoxic exposure
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks in a ramp exposure breathing at simulated 8,000 feet for five minutes before ascending to simulated 12,000 feet while flying in a flight simulator. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
干预措施: Hypoxic breathing conditions (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Flight performance
时间窗: 10 minutes per each of the 4 conditions
ability to perform in-flight assigned tasks
Self-perceived workload
时间窗: 1 minute to complete the survey, 3 times per condition for 4 conditions
NASA TLX survey
Electrodermal activity
时间窗: 10 minutes per each of the 4 conditions
electrical characteristics of the skin observed as changes in the resistance of the skin to a small electrical current
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jeffrey Eggleston
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
University of Texas, El Paso