caa a22 4500 477096425 CHVBK 20180405111529.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02214734 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02214734 Evaluation of stress induced by flight activity by measuring the hormonal response [Elektronische Daten] [Stefano Farrace, Roberto Biselli, Luca Urbani, Cristiano Ferlini, Claudio De Angelis] The aim of the present study was to quantitatively investigate the different levels of adaptation to glight and to evaluate the hormonal respone to flight activity as a possible reliable tol to quantify the level of stress induced by flight. The hormonal response of growth hormone (GH), cortisol, and prolactin (PRL) to flight activity was evaluated in a group of student pilots (n=11; all male; age 20±2 years) and flight instructors (n=11; all male; age 27±2 years) of an Italian Air Force flight school. Blood samples were obtained immediately before and after a training flight session. Hormonal determination by RIA technique after flight showed a significant increase of plasma hormonal levels of GH, PRL, and cortisol in the students. Conversely, in the instructors only GH showed a significant increase versus preflight values, whereas PRL and cortisol did not show significant differences. Moreover, preflight hormonal levels of GH and PRL were significantly higher for student pilots compared to the same values for flight instructors. The data lead to establishing a close correlation between the hormonal response to flight activity and the level of tolerance and adaptation to flight-induced stress. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996 flight nationallicence growth hormone nationallicence cortisol nationallicence prolactin nationallicence stress nationallicence tolerance nationallicence adaptation nationallicence Farrace Stefano D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut Biselli Roberto D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut Urbani Luca D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut Ferlini Cristiano D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut De Angelis Claudio D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut Biofeedback and Self-regulation Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/3(1996-09-01), 217-228 0363-3586 21:3<217 1996 21 10484 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214734 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214734 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farrace Stefano D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Biselli Roberto D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Urbani Luca D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ferlini Cristiano D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Angelis Claudio D.A.S.R.S. Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare AFB, Aeroporto Pratice di Mare, 00040, Pomezia, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biofeedback and Self-regulation Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/3(1996-09-01), 217-228 0363-3586 21:3<217 1996 21 10484 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer