INFLUENCE OF EXPOSURE TO HIGH PRESSURE CONDITIONS ON DIVER'S SHOOTING ABILITY
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces - Year 2009, Vol 153, Issue 3
Abstract
Exposure to high pressure conditions causes disruptions to manual dexterity and sensorimotor coordination. This is a multi-factor process. Not only will the level of manual dexterity and sensorimotor coordination (shooting) affect tasks performed when submerged, but also operations conducted well after surfacing. The purpose of this study is to determine whether potential disturbances in a diver's manual dexterity and sensorimotor coordination that may result from exposure to hyperbaric pressure continue to exist after a diver returns to normal pressure conditions.Nineteen scuba divers were examined in the course of the study. All simulated diving sessions took place in a hyperbaric chamber. The subjects spent twenty minutes during each of the two sessions that simulated pressure conditions present at 10 and 20 meters underwater. BEAMHIT 190 PMTS (MPRI, USA), a portable shooting training set, was used to determine the subjects' shooting ability.The findings indicate that a 20-minute stay in hyperbaric conditions imitating divings at 10 and 20 meter depths do not disrupt shooting ability. In fact, a statistically insignificant improvement was observed in the performance measured after the simulated diving sessions.Relatively small pressure changes as well as a short time spent in a hyperbaric chamber cause the potentially negative changes in motor coordination and sensorimotor integration to decrease as soon as a diver returns to normal pressure conditions. The improvement observed during the shooting test that took place after the diving session can be explained by the occurrence of a slight state of arousal and/or relaxation, improvement of mental state, as well as an increase of positive and a reduction of negative emotions.
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Andrzej SAMOŁYK , Włodzimierz WIĄZEK , Zbigniew JETHON
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