On theory of sensory conflict under exposure to physical factors: main principles and concepts of formation

• Published in: Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia no. 4; p. 1
• Main Authors: Rukavishnikov, V S, Pankov, V A, Kuleshova, M V, Katamanova, E V, Kartapol'tseva, N V, Rusanova, D V, Bodienkova, G M, Titov, E A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2015
• Subjects: Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome - etiology; Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome - physiopathology; Humans; Nervous System Diseases - etiology; Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology; Occupational Diseases - physiopathology; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Vibration - adverse effects
• ISSN: 1026-9428

The article presents results of longstanding studies on influence of occupational physical factors on workers health. Experimental and nature studies helped to justify basic concepts of sensory conflict theory, a trigger of occupational disease formation. Patients having occupational disease present disorders of cortex-subcortex relationships on diencephal level, central and peripheral regulatory mechanisms, central sensory mechanisms participation in pathologic processes development, changes in vegetative regulation on cerebral level, demyelination and axon demyelination changes in peripheral nerves of upper and lower limbs. Findings are also changes in central nervous, peripheral nervous systems, endocrine, immune systems, severe emotional negative strain and high level of nervous system excitation, perivascular edema in brain cortex of experimental animals. Based on key principles of the theory, the authors specified and tested new methods of treatment and prevention of occupational diseases caused by physical factors, aimed to unblock the sensory conflict.