The possible mechanisms of electromagnetic phone effects on the auditory system of children and adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.I. Khorseva ◽  
P.E. Grigoriev
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Auditory System ◽  
Motor Response ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Motor Reaction ◽  
The Right ◽  
Contralateral Effects ◽  
Daily Time

For the first time, we compared the gradients of changes in the simple auditory-motor response (SAMR) and the daily time of using a mobile phone (MP), which made it possible to describe the variants of possible changes in lateralization of effects and the frequency of their occurrence for different variants of SAMR changes. This study has no analogues neither in Russian nor in foreign publications and is currently exclusive. Objective – to determine the patterns of manifestation of contra- and ipsilateral effects, using individual changes in indicators of a simple auditory-motor response obtained as a result of longitudinal observations. The analysis of changes in the parameters of a simple auditory-motor reaction was carried out during mono-presentation of a sound signal on the left and on the right in 145 children and adolescents aged 7-14 years (470 measurements), who were under observation for 2 or more years, depending on changes in the mode of use mobile phone. Further, 48 cases were excluded (change in the lateralization of use, for example, the respondent brought the phone to both the right and the left ear, “changed” the leading ear, etc.). Three variants of changes in the mode of using MP in the longitude period (gradient of time change) were established: an increase in time (the group "less–more"), a decrease in time (group "more–less") and no changes. For each group, 4 variants of changes in the parameters of SAMR were revealed in the dynamics of observations along the longitude: decrease in SAMR indicators on the left (left ear) and increase in the right (right ear); decrease in indicators on the left and increase on the right and synchronous decrease or increase in indicators on the right and left. An assessment of the strength of the correlation was carried out (a linear Pearson correlation coefficient was used and an assessment of the statistical significance was carried out): between changes in the gradient of changes in the time of MP usage and SAMR, as well as changes in the lateralization of effects (changes in the frequency of occurrence of ipsi- and contralateral effects). The multivariance of changes in SAMR indicators and lateralization of effects was revealed depending on the mode of MP use. The proposed approach to the analysis of changes in a simple auditory-motor reaction and daily time of using a mobile phone makes it possible to suggest some mechanisms of changes in the parameters of the auditory analyzer in response to the duration of exposure to electromagnetic radiation from a mobile phone. The presence of contralateral effects of changes in SAMR parameters can serve as an assessment of the “capture” of the brain structures of children and adolescents by MP electromagnetic radiation. The results obtained once again prove the level of negative impact on the auditory system of children and adolescents. The current situation requires an immediate solution by clear regulation of the use of cellular communications by the younger generation.

Mode of use by mobile phone and change of time of simple audio-motor reaction for users of mobile communication. Age related features of ipsilateral and contralateral effects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.I. Khorseva ◽  
O.R. Al’-Kudri ◽  
P.E. Grigoryev ◽  
R.I. Islyamov ◽  
N.Yu. Shulzhenko
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Auditory System ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Motor Reaction ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Contralateral Effect ◽  
Contralateral Effects

By analysing the time of a simple auditory-motor reaction with mono-presentation of an audio signal, the effect of the electromagnetic radiation of a mobile phone on the human auditory system is evaluated. Regularities in the frequency of occurrence of ipsi and contralateral effects in mobile users of different age groups are obtained. This study has no analogues in either Russian or foreign publications and is currently exclusive. The purpose was to study age-related features of the severity of ipsi and contralateral effects, depending on the mode of use of the mobile phone. To record the ipsi- and contralateral effects, we used the differences in the average values of a simple auditory-motor reaction between the left and right ears with mono-presentation of the sound signal of 573 respondents of different age groups. The obtained values were compared with the control group data for each age group (491 respondents). If the difference was greater than in the control group, the ipsilateral or contralateral effect was recorded. The severity of the effect was evaluated taking into account the lateral preferences of each participant in the experiments (to which ear the mobile phone is most often held) and the mode of use of the mobile phone. Statistical processing of the results was carried out using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test and the method of descriptive statistics: prevalence indicator (Pr) (relative frequency of manifestation of a particular attribute in the sample). The comparison of the severity of ipsi and contralateral effects for different age groups allowed us to establish the following patterns. It was found that, in general, the manifestation of the contralateral effect decreases with age, and the ipsilateral effect increases. However, this change is not linear. It is shown that the features of the manifestation of the contralateral and ipsilateral effect for each age group depend both on the time of daily use of a mobile phone and on the total duration of use of a mobile phone. We believe that when studying multidimensional input data, an individual approach is necessary. The presented results confirm the negative effect of the radiation of mobile phones on the auditory system, primarily of our younger generation. Given the special vulnerability of children to physical environmental factors and the depth of penetration of EMR MT into the brain of a child, we believe that from a radiobiological point of view, there is already a need to develop a special SanPiN (sanitary rules and norms) for all available modern low-intensity sources of electromagnetic radiation, including Wi-Fi.

scholarly journals Maturational trajectories of white matter microstructure underlying the right presupplementary motor area reflect individual improvements in motor response cancellation in children and adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrine Skak Madsen ◽  
Louise Baruël Johansen ◽  
Wesley K. Thompson ◽  
Hartwig R. Siebner ◽  
Terry L. Jernigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Fractional Anisotropy ◽  
Motor Response ◽  
Stop Signal ◽  
Motor Area ◽  
Stop Signal Task ◽  
List Type ◽  
White Matter Microstructure ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe ability to effectively suppress motor response tendencies is essential for focused and goal-directed behavior. Here, we tested the hypothesis that developmental improvement in the ability to cancel a motor response is reflected by maturational changes in the white matter underlying the right presupplementary motor area (preSMA) and posterior inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), two cortical key areas of the fronto-basal ganglia “stopping” network. Eighty-eight typically-developing children and adolescents, aged 7-19 years, were longitudinally assessed with the stop-signal task (SST) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the brain over a period of six years. Participants were examined from two to nine times with an average of 6.6 times, resulting in 576 SST-DTI datasets. We applied tract-based spatial statistics to extract mean fractional anisotropy (FA) from regions-of-interest in the white matter underlying the right IFG (IFGFA) and right preSMA (preSMAFA) at each time point. Motor response cancelation performance, estimated with the stop-signal reaction time (SSRT), improved with age. Initially well performing children plateaued around the age of 11 years, while initially poor performers caught up at the age of 13-14 years. White matter microstructure continued to mature across the investigated age range. Males generally displayed linear maturational trajectories, while females displayed more curvilinear trajectories that leveled off around 12-14 years of age. Maturational increases in right preSMAFA but not right IFGFA were associated with developmental improvements in SSRT. This association differed depending on the mean right preSMAFA across the individual maturational trajectory. Children with lower mean right preSMAFA exhibited poorer SSRT performance at younger ages but steeper developmental trajectories of SSRT improvement. Children with higher mean right preSMAFA exhibited flatter trajectories of SSRT improvement along with faster SSRT already at the first assessments. The results suggest that no further improvement in motor response cancellation is achieved once a certain level of maturity in the white matter underlying the right preSMA is reached. Similar dynamics may apply to other behavioral read-outs and brain structures and, thus, need to be considered in longitudinal MRI studies designed to map brain structural correlates of behavioral changes during development.HighlightsMotor response cancellation, i.e. SSRT, improvement plateaued at 13-14 years of ageFractional anisotropy (FA) captured maturation of white matter (WM) microstructureFA in the WM underlying right preSMA (preSMAFA) reflected SSRT improvement with ageIndividual SSRT improvement depended on mean right preSMAFA across all DTI sessionsChildren with lower mean right preSMAFA had the steepest improvements in SSRT

scholarly journals Maturational trajectories of white matter microstructure underlying the right presupplementary motor area reflect individual improvements in motor response cancellation in children and adolescents

NeuroImage ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 117105
Author(s):  
Kathrine Skak Madsen ◽  
Louise Baruël Johansen ◽  
Wesley K. Thompson ◽  
Hartwig R. Siebner ◽  
Terry L. Jernigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Motor Response ◽  
Motor Area ◽  
White Matter Microstructure ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals Development of central auditory processes in Polish children and adolescents at the age from 7 to 16 years

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Lewandowska ◽  
Rafał Milner ◽  
Małgorzata Ganc ◽  
Elżbieta Włodarczyk ◽  
Joanna Dołżycka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
School Students ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Right Ear Advantage ◽  
The Right ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Auditory Processes

AbstractThere are discrepancies in the literature regarding the course of central auditory processes (CAP) maturation in typically developing children and adolescents. The purpose of the study was to provide an overview of age – related improvement in CAP in Polish primary and secondary school students aged 7–16 years. 180 children/adolescents, subdivided into 9 age categories, and 20 adults (aged 18–24 years) performed the Dichotic Digit Test (DDT), Duration Pattern Test (DPT), Frequency Pattern Test (FPT), Gap Detection Test (GDT) and adaptive Speech-in-Noise (aSpN). The 12-year-olds was retested after w week. We found the age effects only for the DDT, DPT and FPT. In the right ear DDT the 7-year-olds performed more poorly than all groups ≥12. In the left ear DDT both 7- and 8-year-olds achieved less correct responses compared with the 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds and with the adults. The right ear advantage was greater in the 7-year-olds than in the 15-year-olds and adult group. At the age of 7 there was lower DPT and FPT scores than in all participants ≥13 whereas the 8-year-olds obtained less correct responses in the FPT than all age categories ≥12. Almost all groups (except for the 7-year-olds) performed better in the DPT than FPT. The test-retest reliability for all tests was satisfactory. The study demonstrated that different CAP have their own patterns of improvement with age and some of them are specific for the Polish population. The psychoacoustic battery may be useful in screening for CAP disorders in Poland.

scholarly journals Gestationalism and the Rights of Adolescent Mothers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-254
Author(s):  
Teresa Baron
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Adolescent Parents ◽  
Moral Rights ◽  
Parental Rights ◽  
Full Complement ◽  
The Right ◽  
Newborn Children

AbstractIn this paper, I explore the ways in which consideration of adolescent parents forces us to confront and question common presuppositions about parental rights. In particular, I argue that recognising the right of adolescent mothers not to be forcibly separated from their newborn children justifies rejecting the notion that parental rights are (a) all acquired in the same manner and (b) acquired as a ‘bundle’ of concomitant moral rights. I conclude that children and adolescents who conceive and give birth have some parental rights concerning their newborn children – in particular, the right not to be forcibly separated from those children – even if they do not have the ‘full complement’ of parental rights as we generally characterise these.

scholarly journals Changes in Spinal-Reflex Excitability during Static Stretch and/or Explosive Contraction

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2830
Author(s):  
Kyeong Eun Min ◽  
YongSuk Lee ◽  
Jihong Park
Keyword(s):  
Motor Response ◽  
Vertical Jump ◽  
Spinal Reflex ◽  
Static Stretch ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Reflex Excitability ◽  
Contraction Condition ◽  
Exercise Activity ◽  
Point Condition ◽  
The Right

To examine individual or combined effects of static stretch and explosive contraction on quadriceps spinal-reflex excitability (the peak Hoffmann’s reflex normalized by the peak motor-response) and the latency times of the Hoffmann’s reflex and motor-response. Fourteen healthy young males randomly experienced four conditions (stretch, contraction, stretch + contraction, and control—no intervention). For the stretch condition, three sets of a 30 s hold using the modified Thomas test on each leg were performed. For the contraction condition, three trials of maximal countermovement vertical jump were performed. Quadriceps spinal-reflex excitability and the latent period of each value on the right leg were compared at pre- and post-condition. All measurement values across conditions were not changed at any time point (condition × time) in spinal-reflex excitability (F6,143 = 1.10, p = 0.36), Hoffmann’s reflex latency (F6,143 = 0.45, p = 0.84), motor-response latency (F6,143 = 0.37, p = 0.90), and vertical jump heights (F2,65 = 1.82, p = 0.17). A statistical trend was observed in the contraction condition that spinal-reflex excitability was increased by 42% (effect size: 0.63). Neither static stretch nor explosive contraction changed the quadriceps spinal-reflex excitability, latency of Hoffmann’s reflex, and motor-response. Since our stretch protocol did not affect jumping performance and our contraction protocol induced the post-activation potentiation effect, either protocol could be used as pre-exercise activity.

scholarly journals Response: Re: Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Children and Adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 635-635
Author(s):  
D. Aydin ◽  
M. Feychting ◽  
J. Schuz ◽  
M. Roosli
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mobile Phone Use

Converting Raw Accelerometer Data to Activity Counts Using Open-Source Code: Implementing a MATLAB Code in Python and R, and Comparing the Results to ActiLife

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ruben Brondeel ◽  
Yan Kestens ◽  
Javad Rahimipour Anaraki ◽  
Kevin Stanley ◽  
Benoit Thierry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Accelerometer Sensor ◽  
Interclass Correlation ◽  
Acceleration Data ◽  
The Right ◽  
Pearson Correlations ◽  
Closed Source

Background: Closed-source software for processing and analyzing accelerometer data provides little to no information about the algorithms used to transform acceleration data into physical activity indicators. Recently, an algorithm was developed in MATLAB that replicates the frequently used proprietary ActiLife activity counts. The aim of this software profile was (a) to translate the MATLAB algorithm into R and Python and (b) to test the accuracy of the algorithm on free-living data. Methods: As part of the INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team, data were collected from 86 participants in Victoria (Canada). The participants were asked to wear an integrated global positioning system and accelerometer sensor (SenseDoc) for 10 days on the right hip. Raw accelerometer data were processed in ActiLife, MATLAB, R, and Python and compared using Pearson correlation, interclass correlation, and visual inspection. Results: Data were collected for a combined 749 valid days (>10 hr wear time). MATLAB, Python, and R counts per minute on the vertical axis had Pearson correlations with the ActiLife counts per minute of .998, .998, and .999, respectively. All three algorithms overestimated ActiLife counts per minute, some by up to 2.8%. Conclusions: A MATLAB algorithm for deriving ActiLife counts was implemented in R and Python. The different implementations provide similar results to ActiLife counts produced in the closed source software and can, for all practical purposes, be used interchangeably. This opens up possibilities to comparing studies using similar accelerometers from different suppliers, and to using free, open-source software.

scholarly journals Correlations Between Clinical Trial Outcomes Based on Symptoms, Functional Impairments, and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With ADHD

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 1578-1591 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Coghill ◽  
Alain Joseph ◽  
Vanja Sikirica ◽  
Mark Kosinski ◽  
Caleb Bliss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Risk Avoidance

Objective: To assess relationships between treatment-associated changes in measures of ADHD symptoms, functional impairments, and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with ADHD. Method: Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated post hoc for changes from baseline to endpoint in outcomes of one randomized, placebo- and active-controlled trial of lisdexamfetamine (osmotic-release methylphenidate reference) and one of guanfacine extended-release (atomoxetine reference). Results: Changes in ADHD Rating Scale IV (ADHD-RS-IV) total score generally correlated moderately with changes in Child Health and Illness Profile−Child Edition: Parent Report Form (CHIP-CE:PRF) Achievement and Risk Avoidance ( r ≈ .4), but weakly with Resilience, Satisfaction, and Comfort ( r ≈ .2); and moderately with Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale–Parent (WFIRS-P) total score ( r ≈ .5). CHIP-CE:PRF Achievement and Risk Avoidance correlated moderately to strongly with WFIRS-P total score ( r ≈ .6). Conclusion: The ADHD-RS-IV, CHIP-CE:PRF, and WFIRS-P capture distinct but interconnected aspects of treatment response in individuals with ADHD.

scholarly journals IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS. /LECTURE, PART I. «PARADOXES»/

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Michael G. Dudin ◽  
Dmitry Yu. Pinchuk
Keyword(s):  
Idiopathic Scoliosis ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Plane Deformation ◽  
Homo Erectus ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Statistical Indicators

In the paper we discussed and analyzed the issues that confront practicing orthopedists with the most mysterious and at the same time the most studied vertebral column lesion in children and adolescents - idiopathic scoliosis. Nowadays a great amount of information on its various aspects has been already accumulated, but a practical output in the form of a system of effective treatment has not been yet found and (we can’t even speak about) there is no speech at all about the prevention (prophylactic) of the disease (scoliosis). On the basis of the own many year’s experience with this category of patients and the results of a comprehensive multi-faceted survey, the authors acquired the right to form their own point of view on the etiology and pathogenesis of the three-plane deformation in orthograde human (homo erectus). In this paper, the authors present their reflections on the history of the study of scoliosis, the terminology, statistical indicators and the existing views on its origins. Concerning argumentation on the own findings (conclusions) and views on the disease the authors plan to tell in the following sections.

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