DEPENDENCE OF MOTION SICKNESS IN AUTOMOBILES ON THE DIRECTION OF LINEAR ACCELERATION

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 than acceleration in the Z-axis of the body.

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• Authors:
  • VOGEL, H
  • Kohlhaas, R
  • Baumgarten, R J
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 399-405
• Serial:
  • European Journal Applied Physiol & Occup Physiol
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
  • ISSN: 0301-5548

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ambulances; Automobiles; Mechanical acceleration; Motion sickness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385111
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 746
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM