ArticleDiving and hyperbaric medicine2020
Investigating critical flicker fusion frequency for monitoring gas narcosis in divers.
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- Critical flicker fusion frequency: confounders and caveats.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Critical flicker fusion frequency assessment: robustness across photopic illumination in experienced divers.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2024Article
- Assessing Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: Which Confounders? A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Neuropsychological and Neurophysiological Mechanisms behind Flickering Light Stimulus Processing.Biology · 2022Review
- Does hyperbaric oxygen cause narcosis or hyperexcitability? A quantitative EEG analysis.Physiological reports · 2022Article
- Comment on Mankowska et al. Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- EEG functional connectivity is sensitive for nitrogen narcosis at 608 kPa.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Physiological effects of mixed-gas deep sea dives using a closed-circuit rebreather: a field pilot study.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Commentary on using critical flicker fusion frequency to measure gas narcosis.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2021Article
- Reply: Commentary on using critical flicker fusion frequency to measure gas narcosis.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2021Article
- Assessment of Alertness and Cognitive Performance of Closed Circuit Rebreather Divers With the Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency Test in Arctic Diving Conditions.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionCritical flicker fusion frequency (CFFF) has been used in various studies to measure the cognitive effects of gas mixtures at depth, sometimes with conflicting or apparently paradoxical results. This study aimed to evaluate a novel automatic CFFF method and investigate whether CFFF can be used to monitor gas-induced narcosis in divers.
methodsThree hyperbaric chamber experiments were performed: 1) Automated and manual CFFF measurements during air breathing at 608 kPa (n = 16 subjects); 2) Manual CFFF measurements during air and heliox breathing at sea level (101.3 kPa) and 608 kPa (n = 12); 3) Manual CFFF measurements during oxygen breathing at sea level, 142 and 284 kPa (n = 10). All results were compared to breathing air at sea level.
resultsOnly breathing oxygen at sea level, and at 284 kPa, caused a significant decrease in CFFF (2.5% and 2.6% respectively compared to breathing air at sea level. None of the other conditions showed a difference with sea level air breathing.
conclusionsCFFF did not significantly change in our experiments when breathing air at 608 kPa compared to air breathing at sea level pressure using both devices. Based on our results CFFF does not seem to be a sensitive tool for measuring gas narcosis in divers in our laboratory setting.
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