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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two different pre-exposure procedures on adaptation to motion sickness in a rotating circular vection drum. The 45 subjects were randomly divided into three groups. The control group only had a standard 16-min exposure to the drum rotating at 60 degrees/s with no pre-exposure. The incremental exposure group had two separated 4-min pre-exposure periods at 15 degrees/s and 30 degrees/s in the rotating drum immediately prior to the standard 16-min exposure period in the drum rotating at 60 degrees/s. The abrupt-exposure group had the same pre-exposure procedure except the pre-exposure drum rotation speed was 60 degrees/s and was followed by the same standard exposure periods. Subjective motion sickness reports and a measure of gastric myoelectric activity (electrogastrogram, EGG) were obtained during the standard 16-min drum rotation period in all three groups. The results showed that subjects in the incremental exposure group reported significantly fewer motion sickness symptoms during the standard 16-min rotation period than did the subjects in the abrupt exposure group and the control group. Subjects in the incremental exposure group also had less tachyarrhythmia, abnormal gastric myoelectric activity associated with nausea, during the 16-min rotation period than did the subjects in the control and abrupt exposure group. Incremental exposure to motion stimuli may be a useful method for training resistance to visually-induced motion sickness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0095-6562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
53-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of pre-exposures to a rotating optokinetic drum on adaptation to motion sickness.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial