ISSN:
1439-6327
Keywords:
Motion sickness
;
Car sickness
;
Linear acceleration
;
Linear acceleration
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Thirty-eight normal volunteers were tested in an ambulance car while being accelerated in one of the following positions: (1) sitting upright facing forward in the car, (2) lying supine on a stretcher head forward, (3) supine position head backward. Consecutive short periods of negative horizontal acceleration (0.7–0.95 g) were achieved by brisk braking manoeuvres of the car, followed by weak reacceleration (0.15 g). Motion sickness symptoms were observed and recorded after each experiment using a special motion sickness scaling index which was weighted according to the strength of any particular symptom. The results indicate that horizontal linear acceleration in a car, such as experienced during multiple braking manoeuvres, is an effective motion sickness provoking stimulus. Negative X-axis stimulation is more nauseogenic then acceleration in the Z-axis stimulation is more nauseogenic then acceleration in the Z-axis of the body.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00430230
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