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ArticleScientific reports2021

Exploring the biomechanical responses of human cupula by numerical analysis of temperature experiments.

Xiang Wu, Shen Yu, Shuang Shen, Wenlong Liu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Xiang WuSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
Shen YuState Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
Shuang ShenSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264003, China.
Wenlong LiuSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. liuwl@dlut.edu.cn.
Dalian University of Technology · CNBinzhou University · CN

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Abstract

The vestibular receptor of cupula acts an important role in maintaining body balance. However, the cupula buried in the semicircular canals (SCCs) will be destroyed if it is detached from the relevant environment. The mechanical properties of human cupula still remain ambiguous. In this paper, we explored the cupula responses changing with temperature by experiments and numerical simulation of SCCs model. We obtained 3 volunteers' nystagmus induced by constant angular acceleration when the temperature of volunteers' SCCs was 36 °C and 37 °C respectively. The slow-phase velocity of 3 volunteers decreased by approximately 3°/s when the temperature of SCCs reduced by 1 °C, which corresponded to the reduction of cupula deformation by 0.3-0.8 μm in the numerical model. Furthermore, we investigated the effects of the variation of endolymphatic properties induced by temperature reduction on cupula deformation through numerical simulation. We found that the decrease of cupula deformation was not caused by the change of endolymphatic properties, but probably by the increase of cupula's elastic modulus. With the temperature reducing by 1 °C, the cupula's elastic modulus may increase by 6-20%, suggesting that the stiffness of cupula is enhanced. This exploration of temperature characteristic of human cupula promotes the research of alleviating vestibular diseases.

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TemperatureAccelerationAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaBody TemperatureEndolymphHumansMaleNystagmus, PathologicReflex, Vestibulo-OcularRotationSemicircular CanalsVestibular Diseases

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