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ReviewConcussion (London, England)2017

Feasibility of using normobaric hypoxic stress in mTBI research.

Patrick M Regan, Joseph Bleiberg, Paul St Onge, Leonard Temme

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Review in Concussion (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrick M ReganNational Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Joseph BleibergNational Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Paul St OngeU.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Fort Rucker, AL 36362, USA.
Leonard TemmeU.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Fort Rucker, AL 36362, USA.
United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recovery generally assess patients in unstressed conditions that permit compensation for impairments through increased effort expenditure. This possibility may explain why a subgroup of individuals report persistent mTBI symptoms yet perform normally on objective assessment. Accordingly, the development and utilization of stress paradigms may be effective for enhancing the sensitivity of mTBI assessment. Previous studies, discussed here, indirectly but plausibly support the use of normobaric hypoxia as a stressor in uncovering latent mTBI symptoms due to the overlapping symptomatology induced by both normobaric hypoxia and mTBI. Limited studies by our group and others further support this plausibility through proof-of-concept demonstrations that hypoxia reversibly induces disproportionately severe impairments of oculomotor, pupillometric, cognitive and autonomic function in mTBI individuals.

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concussionhypoxiamild traumatic brain injurymTBI assessmentstress

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PMID30202585
PMCPMC6094798
OpenAlexW2746674484

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