Jonathan S Dufour, Ali Reiter, Cyndy Cox, Eric B Weston, Michael Markey, Ashley Turner, Peter Le, Alexander M Aurand, Stacy Simmons, Lorenna Altman, Prasath Mageswaran, Kermit Davis, Dustin Huber, Amit Bhattacharya, William S Marras
BACKGROUND: Motion sickness and low back disorders are prevalent and debilitating conditions that affect the health, performance, and operational effectiveness of military aircrews. This study explored the effects of a motion sickness stimulus on biomechanical and genetic factors that could potentially be involved in the causal pathways for both disorders. METHODS: Subjects recruited from a military population were exposed to either a mild (n = 12) or aggressive (n = 16) motion sickness stimulus in a Neuro-Otologic Test Center...
June 2022: Clinical Biomechanics