ArticleBMC neuroscience2012
The effect of water immersion on short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials in human.
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- Does Long-Term Training in a Water Immersion Environment Change Interoception?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Two-Week Course of Aquatic Therapy and Thalassotherapy in a Mild Post-Stroke Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Influence of Aquatic Therapy in Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy: A Qualitative Case Study in a Special Education School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Effects of aquatic physical intervention on fall risk, working memory and hazard-perception as pedestrians in older people: a pilot trial.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Program of Seven 45-min Dry Immersion Sessions Improves Choice Reaction Time in Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Priming Effects of Water Immersion on Paired Associative Stimulation-Induced Neural Plasticity in the Primary Motor Cortex.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Sensorimotor modulation differs with load type during constant finger force or position.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundWater immersion therapy is used to treat a variety of cardiovascular, respiratory, and orthopedic conditions. It can also benefit some neurological patients, although little is known about the effects of water immersion on neural activity, including somatosensory processing. To this end, we examined the effect of water immersion on short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) elicited by median nerve stimuli. Short-latency SEP recordings were obtained for ten healthy male volunteers at rest in or out of water at 30 °C. Recordings were obtained from nine scalp electrodes according to the 10-20 system. The right median nerve at the wrist was electrically stimulated with the stimulus duration of 0.2 ms at 3 Hz. The intensity of the stimulus was fixed at approximately three times the sensory threshold.
resultsWater immersion significantly reduced the amplitudes of the short-latency SEP components P25 and P45 measured from electrodes over the parietal region and the P45 measured by central region.
conclusionsWater immersion reduced short-latency SEP components known to originate in several cortical areas. Attenuation of short-latency SEPs suggests that water immersion influences the cortical processing of somatosensory inputs. Modulation of cortical processing may contribute to the beneficial effects of aquatic therapy.
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