Desensitization to strong vestibular stimuli improves tolerance to simulated aircraft motion

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1099-1104

  Cheung, Bob ^a   Hofer, Kevin ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air sickness; Habituation; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROVOCATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; ROTATION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 28844473805     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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