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Motion sickness with combined lateral and roll oscillation: effect of percentage compensation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20058734     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Both lateral acceleration and roll through the force of gravity produce lateral forces. On a tilting-train the tilt offsets lateral acceleration so as to improve the physical comfort of passengers, but motion sickness is believed to increase as the lateral force is reduced by increased roll (i.e., as the percentage roll compensation is increased).
OBJECTIVES: We investigated how motion sickness caused by combined lateral acceleration and roll displacement depended on the percentage compensation.
METHOD: There were 8 groups of 20 subjects who were exposed for up to 30 min to various conditions of combined lateral and roll oscillation: 3 groups of 20 subjects experienced 0.2 Hz oscillation with 1 of 3 compensations (0, 50, or 100%) and 5 groups of 20 subjects experienced 0.1 Hz oscillation with 1 of 5 compensations (0, 25, 50, 75, or 100%). With both frequencies of sinusoidal oscillation, the peak Earth-lateral acceleration was 1.26 m x s(-2). Subjects provided ratings of their motion sickness symptoms at 1-min intervals.
RESULTS: The percentage compensation had significant effects on motion sickness. With 0.2 Hz oscillation, 50% roll-compensation of lateral oscillation produced less motion sickness than uncompensated lateral oscillation, and less motion sickness than 100% roll-compensated lateral oscillation. With 0.1 Hz oscillation, 25% roll-compensation of lateral oscillation produced significantly less motion sickness than either 75% or 100% roll-compensated lateral oscillation.
CONCLUSIONS: Motion sickness caused by combined lateral and roll oscillation is dependent on the percentage compensation and cannot be predicted by models based on only lateral oscillation or only roll oscillation.
Authors:
Barnaby E Donohew; Michael J Griffin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Aviation, space, and environmental medicine     Volume:  81     ISSN:  0095-6562     ISO Abbreviation:  Aviat Space Environ Med     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-11     Completed Date:  2010-12-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7501714     Medline TA:  Aviat Space Environ Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  22-9     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, England.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acceleration / adverse effects*
Adolescent
Adult
Deceleration / adverse effects
Female
Gravitation
Humans
Male
Motion
Motion Sickness / etiology*
Proportional Hazards Models
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Statistics, Nonparametric
Transportation / classification,  methods*
Young Adult

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