Motion sickness susceptibility associated with visually induced postural instability and cardiac autonomic responses in healthy subjects.

CONCLUSIONS: This study supports the hypothesis that postural sway and autonomic responses to moving visual stimuli may be associated with motion sickness susceptibility. Characteristics of the cardiac sympathovagal balance during exposure to provocative stimulation may be a marker of individual sus...

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Published in:Acta Oto-Laryngologica Vol. 125; no. 3; pp. 280 - 286
Main Authors: Yokota Y, Aoki M, Mizuta K, Ito Y, Isu N
Format: pictorial research tables/charts tracings Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2005
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          Yokota Y
          Aoki M
          Mizuta K
          Ito Y
          Isu N
        affil: Department of Otolaryngology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan.
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          Autonomic Nervous System Physiology
          Heart Rate Physiology
          Motion Sickness Etiology
          Motion Sickness Physiopathology
          Posture Physiology
          Adult
          Computer Graphics
          Disease Susceptibility Physiopathology
          Electrocardiography
          Male
          One-Way Analysis of Variance
          Physical Stimulation
          Post Hoc Analysis
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      ab: CONCLUSIONS: This study supports the hypothesis that postural sway and autonomic responses to moving visual stimuli may be associated with motion sickness susceptibility. Characteristics of the cardiac sympathovagal balance during exposure to provocative stimulation may be a marker of individual susceptibility to motion sickness. OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between postural and autonomic responses to a simulated visual motion environment and reported susceptibility to motion sickness. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifteen healthy subjects were exposed to sinusoidally oscillating visual motion in roll at frequencies of 0.1-0.4 Hz. Recordings were made of postural sway and respiratory frequency and electrocardiograms were obtained from which heart rate variability (HRV) was computed in order to probe cardiac sympathetic and parasympathetic activity. RESULTS: In subjects with a low susceptibility to motion sickness as rated using a standardized questionnaire, there was no significant effect of visual stimulus on postural sway or HRV at any frequency of motion. Subjects with a high susceptibility to motion sickness showed significant postural instability induced by visual stimuli (p < 0.01). Visual stimuli presented at a frequency of 0.1 Hz significantly increased the low-frequency power (LF) of HRV, decreased the high-frequency power (HF) of HRV and increased the LF:HF ratio in these subjects (p < 0.05).
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