The effect of breathing hypoxic gas (15% FIO 2 ) on physiological and behavioral outcomes during simulated driving in healthy subjects

• Published in: Physiological reports Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. e15963 - n/a
• Main Authors: Kaur, Jaspreet, Manokaran, Lebbathana, Thynne, Michael, Subhan, Mirza M. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Altitude; Behavior; Chronic illnesses; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID-19; driving behavior; Electrocardiography; Ethnicity; Experiments; healthy subjects; Heart rate; heart rate variability; Hypoxia; hypoxic gas; Intervention; Medical research; Nervous system; Original; Oxygen saturation; Physiology; Pulse oximetry; Questionnaires; Respiration; Software; stimulated driving performance; Vital signs; stimulated driving performance; hypoxia; driving behavior; healthy subjects; heart rate variability; hypoxic gas

Hypoxia is mainly caused by cardiopulmonary disease or high‐altitude exposure. We used a driving simulator to investigate whether breathing hypoxic gas influences driving behaviors in healthy subjects. Fifty‐two healthy subjects were recruited in this study, approved by the Science and Engineering E...