Adrenal Cortical Activity Changes During Underwater Demolition Team Training

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ID19301281
AuthorsRobert T Rubín (0000-0002-0304-4303, United States Department of the Navy), Richard H Rahe (United States Department of the Navy), Ransom J Arthur (United States Department of the Navy), Brian R Clark (0000-0001-6611-3807, United States Department of the Navy)
Year1969
Volume31
Issue6
Pages553-564
Publication date1969-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00006842-196911000-00008
PMID5361750
OpenAlexW2331898566
LanguageEN
Citations received5

One-third of a Navy UDT class (32 men) was followed by thrice-weekly psychological assessment and measurement of serum cortisol until they dropped from training or graduated. Mean cortisol values for the 20 men who completed the course ranged between 20 and 26 μg%. Against this background of chronically elevated levels, transient increases in serum cortisol occurred coincident with the introduction of new equipment (face mask, swim fins, SCUBA, weaponry) and with the beginning of new tasks (helicopter maneuvers, night problems, long compass swims). The UDT training program thus appears to be a chronic stress of considerable magnitude, and is one of unique characteristics among military situations

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