Simulator sickness provoked by a human centrifuge.
Simulator sickness is now a well-recognized entity. It is recognized as a form of motion sickness, having a higher incidence in the more sophisticated simulators. Human centrifuges (dynamic simulators) are the newest innovation in aircrew training devices. Simulator sickness has never been reported in human centrifuges. We are reporting on a case of delayed simulator sickness in a pilot-subject after a centrifuge experience. A review of the "psycho-physiological" problems routinely experienced by subjects on human centrifuges indicates such problems are due to simulator sickness, although they are not reported as such. In this paper, we give a brief overview of simulator sickness and briefly discuss simulator sickness, as related to the human centrifuge experience.
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Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA 18974.
D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000401:Aircraft; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors