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Visually Induced Motion Sickness Predicted by Postural Instability
- Source :
- Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 44:451-465
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2002.
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Abstract
- We investigated whether postural instability can predict motion sickness and studied relations among instability, motion sickness, and vection. Nine men and 4 women (mean age = 19.85 years) were exposed, while standing, to an optical simulation of body sway. Head motion was recorded using a magnetic tracking system. Postural instabilities were observed prior to the onset of motion sickness. Vection was reported by most participants, including all who became ill. A discriminant analysis revealed that parameters of postural motion accurately predicted motion sickness. The results confirm that postural instability precedes motion sickness and suggest that measures of postural motion may serve as reliable predictors of motion sickness. Potential applications of this research include the development of on-line diagnostic tools that will allow for the prevention of motion sickness in operational and training settings.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Motion Sickness
Posture
Postural instability
Poison control
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Diagnostic tools
050105 experimental psychology
Motion (physics)
Feedback
Motion
Behavioral Neuroscience
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Humans
Medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Vision, Ocular
050107 human factors
Applied Psychology
Magnetic tracking
business.industry
05 social sciences
Discriminant Analysis
Mean age
medicine.disease
Body sway
Motion sickness
Physical therapy
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15478181 and 00187208
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....20094ac0aa4628c42413fcd0707c8f4f