Bast-Pettersen R
National Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Medicine, Oslo, Norway.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Jan;70(1):51-7.
Since the early 1980s, there has been much debate about whether shallow water diving may lead to long-term adverse effects on the nervous system.
The aim of the study was to investigate possible neuropsychological effects from repeated diving in divers without overt neurological insult.
Twenty construction divers recruited from two companies of contractors were tested with a neuropsychological test battery in a cross-sectional study. The divers were on average 40 (range 24-54) yr old. They had worked as divers for an average of 18 (range 5-33) yr. Their mean diving experience was more than 4000 (range 450-13200) dives. A group of younger trainees at a diving school and a group of age-matched construction workers were recruited as controls.
The construction divers did not show clinical signs of mental impairment. However, their neuropsychological test results indicated slight effects in the form of longer reaction time.
The main finding in this study of non-saturation construction divers was that there was no clear evidence of neuropsychological deficit due to extensive diving experience. However, it is suggested that the prolonged reaction time can be ascribed to extensive non-saturation diving.
自20世纪80年代初以来，关于浅水潜水是否会对神经系统产生长期不良影响一直存在诸多争议。
本研究的目的是调查在没有明显神经损伤的潜水员中，反复潜水可能产生的神经心理学影响。
在一项横断面研究中，对从两家承包商公司招募的20名建筑潜水员进行了一套神经心理学测试。这些潜水员的平均年龄为40岁（范围24 - 54岁）。他们从事潜水工作的平均年限为18年（范围5 - 33年）。他们的平均潜水次数超过4000次（范围450 - 13200次）。招募了一组潜水学校的年轻学员和一组年龄匹配的建筑工人作为对照。
建筑潜水员没有表现出精神损伤的临床症状。然而，他们的神经心理学测试结果显示出以反应时间延长形式存在的轻微影响。
这项对非饱和建筑潜水员的研究的主要发现是，没有明确证据表明广泛的潜水经历会导致神经心理学缺陷。然而，有人认为反应时间延长可归因于广泛的非饱和潜水。
