Relation between flight hours and peripheral nervous conduction velocity.
Aviat Space Environ Med
; 61(4): 353-5, 1990 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-2339972
The peripheral nervous system is highly sensitive to variations in the internal medium. A neurophysiological study (peripheral nervous conduction velocity) and an enzymatic study (catalase and glutathione-peroxidase) were performed in both instructor and student pilots. Pilots do not show the age-dependent decrease in the peripheral sensory nervous conduction velocity observed in non-pilot subject controls. The sensory conduction velocity (SCV) was significantly (p less than 0.01) increased when hours of flight experience increased, yielding a positive correlation (r = 0.6461; p = 0.0016). A significant (p less than 0.01) increase in the erythrocite catalase and glutathione-peroxidase activities were observed in pilots vs. controls. The present data suggest that a chronically increased oxygen consumption could be the reason for the increase in peripheral nervous conduction velocity observed in pilots.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nervios Periféricos
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Medicina Aeroespacial
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Conducción Nerviosa
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Aviat Space Environ Med
Año:
1990
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos