Considerations for the assessment of blast exposure in service members and veterans [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyIntroductionBlast exposure is an increasingly present occupational hazard for military service members, particularly in modern warfare scenarios. The study of blast exposure in humans is limited by the lack of a consensus definition for blast exposure ...
Jared A. Rowland +5 more
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Repeated Low-Level Blast Exposure Alters Urinary and Serum Metabolites [PDF]
Metabolites, 2023 Repeated exposure to low-level blast overpressures can produce biological changes and clinical sequelae that resemble mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Austin Sigler +7 more
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Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary physiologic outcomes among post-9/11 veterans with blast exposure [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionAmong post-9/11 veterans reporting blast exposure from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Toxic Embedded Fragment (TEF) registry, respiratory symptoms are common.
Danielle R. Glick +18 more
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Vestibular Injury After Low-Intensity Blast Exposure [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 The increased use of close range explosives has led to a higher incidence of exposure to blast-related head trauma. Exposure to primary blast waves is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality.
Steven Lien +3 more
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Perspectives on Development of Measures to Estimate Career Blast Exposure History in Service Members and Veterans [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 The Department of Defense (DOD) has recently prioritized the investigation of the acute and chronic adverse brain health and performance effects of low-level blast (LLB) generated by the use of weapons systems.
Stephanie M. Turner +10 more
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Long-Term Effects of Low-Level Blast Exposure and High-Caliber Weapons Use in Military Special Operators [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2022 Chronic low-level blast exposure has been linked with neurological alterations and traumatic brain injury (TBI) biomarkers. Impaired smooth-pursuit eye movements (SPEM) are often associated with TBI.
Melissa Hunfalvay +3 more
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A 3-D Finite-Element Minipig Model to Assess Brain Biomechanical Responses to Blast Exposure
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Despite years of research, it is still unknown whether the interaction of explosion-induced blast waves with the head causes injury to the human brain.
Aravind Sundaramurthy +20 more
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Blast Exposure Leads to Accelerated Cellular Senescence in the Rat Brain
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) is one of the major causes of persistent disabilities in Service Members, and a history of bTBI has been identified as a primary risk factor for developing age-associated neurodegenerative diseases.
Peethambaran Arun +7 more
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Association of MOS-Based Blast Exposure With Medical Outcomes [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 The study of effects associated with human exposure to repeated low-level blast during training or operations of select military occupational specialties (MOS) challenges medical science because acute negative effects that might follow such exposures ...
Walter Carr +4 more
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Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposure: A Functional Study in Rats Using an Advanced Blast Simulator [PDF]
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2020 Anecdotal observations of blast victims indicate that significant neuropathological and neurobehavioral defects may develop at later stages of life. To pre-clinically model this phenomenon, we have examined neurobehavioral changes in rats up to 1 year after exposure to single and tightly coupled repeated blasts using an advanced blast simulator ...
Sujith Sajja, Donna M Wilder
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