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ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2021

Chronic Effects of Breaching Blast Exposure on Sensory Organization and Postural Limits of Stability.

F J Haran, Cris Zampieri, Eric M Wassermann, Elena Polejaeva, Kristine C Dell, Matthew L LoPresti, James R Stone, Stephen T Ahlers, Walter Carr

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Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

F J HaranNeuroTrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center (Dr Haran and Dr Ahlers); Clinical Center, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (Dr Zampieri); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (Dr Wassermann); Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida (Ms Polejaeva); Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University (Ms Dell); Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Dr LoPresti and Dr Carr); Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia (Dr Stone).
Cris Zampieri
Eric M Wassermann
Elena Polejaeva
Kristine C Dell
Matthew L LoPresti
James R Stone
Stephen T Ahlers
Walter Carr
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Electrophysiological Probes And Treatments In Neurobehavioral DisordersZIANS002977 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI WASSERMANN, ERIC M · 2009 to 2025
$14.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS002977
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe goal of this effort to investigate if experienced breachers, professionals with a career history of exposure to repeated low-level blasts, exhibited postural instability.

methodsPostural data were examined using traditional tests of means and compared to normative data.

resultsBreachers had significantly lower NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test (SOT) visual scores (within normative limits), prolonged Limits of Stability (LOS) test reaction time (30% of breachers and 7% of controls testing abnormal), and slower LOS movement velocity (21% of breachers and 0% of controls testing abnormal) compared to controls.

conclusionOur LOS test findings are like those previously reported for students in the military breacher training course and seem to indicate that while acute effects of blasts on sensory control of balance fade away, effects on postural LOS persist over time.

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Military PersonnelPostural BalanceExplosionsHumansMovementPhysical Therapy Modalities

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PMID33990528
PMCPMC8570990
OpenAlexW3162192531

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