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

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002266

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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Abstract

Objective: The goal of this effort to investigate if experienced breachers, professionals with a career history of exposure to repeated low-level blasts, exhibited postural instability. Methods: Postural data were examined using traditional tests of means and compared to normative data. Results: Breachers 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. Conclusion: Our 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	944-950
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	63
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002266
State	Published - 1 Nov 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

balance
blast
breacher
limits of stability
posture

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