Accession Number:

ADA288919

Title:

Centrifuge Experiments on Vestibular Coriolis and Lz Nystagmus.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE MAN VEHICLE LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Oman, Charles M.
• McGrath, B. J.
• Guedry, P. E.
• Rupert, A. H.

Report Date:

1990-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

The vestibulo-ocular reflex VOR and spatial orientation perceptions were recorded in 15 subjects during a 3 Cz centrifuge run. These data were obtained to study two issues first, to gain insight into reports of asymmetrical disorientation and disturbance during acceleration and deceleration of C-induced loss of consciousness C-LOC training centrifuges. Second, to study the effects of sustained vertical linear acceleration on the vestibular system. The centrifuge run consisted of an acceleration to 3 Gz in 19 s, sustained 3 Gz for 5 min, and a deceleration to 1 Cz in 19 s. The runs were repeated three times with the subject facing the motion, and three times with the subjects back to the motion. The VOR and spatial orientation perceptions from the eight subjects who completed all six runs were analyzed.

Descriptors:

• *ACCELERATION
• *CENTRIFUGES
• *VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
• *MOTION SICKNESS
• SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• TRAINING
• PILOTS
• REPORTS
• MOTION
• ORIENTATION(DIRECTION)
• TEST METHODS
• ASYMMETRY
• VERTICAL ORIENTATION
• LINEARITY
• MILITARY MEDICINE
• G SUITS
• MILITARY TRAINING
• PERCEPTION
• CONSCIOUSNESS
• DECELERATION
• PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORIENTATION
• AEROSPACE MEDICINE

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE