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Electrical acustimulation relieves vection-induced motion sicknessThe aim of this study was to examine the effects of electrical acustimulation on gastric myoelectric activity and severity of symptoms of motion sickness. In experiment 1, 16 Chinese subjects received electrical acustimulation in one of two sessions. In experiment 2, 45 white and black American subjects were randomly divided into three groups: acustimulation, sham acustimulation, and control. Each subject sat in an optokinetic drum for 15 minutes baseline and 15 minutes of drum rotation. Subjects' electrogastrograms and subjective symptoms of motion sickness were obtained. In experiment 1, the mean symptom score and tachyarrhythmia during acustimulation sessions were significantly lower than during no-acustimulation sessions. In experiment 2, the mean symptom score of the acustimulation group was significantly lower than that of the sham-stimulation group and the control group; tachyarrhythmia in the acustimulation group was significantly less than that of the control group but not the sham-stimulation group. In conclusion, electrical acustimulation reduces the severity of symptoms of motion sickness and appears to decrease gastric tachyarrhythmia.
Document ID
20050000669
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hu, S.
(University Park)
Stern, R. M.
Koch, K. L.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Gastroenterology
Volume: 102
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0016-5085
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Non-NASA Center
Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
NASA Discipline Neuroscience

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