Controlling motion sickness and spatial disorientation and enhancing vestibular rehabilitation with a user-worn see-through display.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives/hypotheses

An eyewear mounted visual display ("User-worn see-through display") projecting an artificial horizon aligned with the user's head and body position in space can prevent or lessen motion sickness in susceptible individuals when in a motion provocative environment as well as aid patients undergoing vestibular rehabilitation. In this project, a wearable display device, including software technology and hardware, was developed and a phase I feasibility study and phase II clinical trial for safety and efficacy were performed.

Study design

Both phase I and phase II were prospective studies funded by the NIH. The phase II study used repeated measures for motion intolerant subjects and a randomized control group (display device/no display device) pre-posttest d

SUBMITTER: Krueger WW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4769875 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature