LIMITATIONS OF POSTURAL EQUILIBRIUM TESTS FOR EXAMINING SIMULATOR SICKNESS
- Authors
- Corporate Authors
- Defence and Civil Inst of Environmental Medicine, Downsview ONT (CAN)
- Abstract
- The psychometric properties of four ataxia tests and their sensitivities to disorientation were examined to assess their potential for measuring balance disturbances frequently reported with simulator sickness. The study was conducted in two parts. In the first, subjects practiced for 10 sessions to examine learning effects and to stabilize performance. In the second, the sensitivities of the four tests were examined by comparing performance before and after exposure to sensory conflict produced using a disorientation training flight simulator. Subjective measures of disorientation, including reports of postural disequilibrium, were also collected.
- Report Number
- DCIEM-88-P-25 — Reprint
- Date of publication
- 15 Mar 1989
- Number of Pages
- 7
- Reprinted from
- Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, no 60, 1989, p 246-251
- DSTKIM No
- 89-01673
- CANDIS No
- 59603
- Format(s):
- Document Image stored on Optical Disk;Originator's fiche received by DSIS
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