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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
Short-radius centrifugation is a potential countermeasure to long-term weightlessness. Unfortunately, head movements in a rotating environment induce serious discomfort, non-compensatory vestibulo-ocular reflexes, and subjective illusions of body tilt. In two experiments we investigated the effects of pitch and yaw head movements in participants placed supine on a rotating bed with their head at the center of rotation, feet at the rim. The vast majority of participants experienced motion sickness, inappropriate vertical nystagmus and illusory tilt and roll as predicted by a semicircular canal model. However, a small but significant number of the 28 participants experienced tilt in the predicted plane but in the opposite direction. Heart rate was elevated following one-second duration head turns. Significant adaptation occurred following a series of head turns in the light. Vertical nystagmus, motion sickness and illusory tilt all decreased with adaptation. Consequences for artificial gravity produced by short-radius centrifuges as a countermeasure are discussed. Grant numbers: NCC 9-58.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
S
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0094-5765
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
c 2001. Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NASA
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Centrifugation, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Coriolis Force, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Darkness, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Evaluation Studies as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Gravity, Altered, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Head Movements, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Motion Perception, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Motion Sickness, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Nystagmus, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Vestibule, Labyrinth, pubmed-meshheading:11669111-Weightlessness Countermeasures
pubmed:articleTitle
Artificial gravity: head movements during short-radius centrifugation.
pubmed:affiliation
Man-Vehicle Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.