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Optokinetic stimulation rehabilitation in preventing seasickness
D Trendel1, R Haus-Cheymol, T Erauso
1Hôpital d'instruction des armées Legouest, Metz, France. domstrend@gmail.com
Objectives:
Seasickness occurs when traveling on a boat: symptoms such as vomiting are very disturbing and may be responsible for discontinuing travel or occupation and can become life-threatening. The failure of classical treatment to prevent seasickness has motivated this retrospective study exploring optokinetic stimulation in reducing these symptoms.
Patients And Methods:
Experimental training of 75 sailors with optokinetic stimulation attempted to reduce seasickness manifestations and determine the factors that could predict accommodation problems.
Results:
Eighty percent of the trained subjects were able to return on board. No predictive factors such as sex, occupation, degree of illness, number of treatment sessions, time to follow-up, and age were found to influence training efficacy.
Conclusion:
Optokinetic stimulation appears to be promising in the treatment of seasickness. Nevertheless, statistically significant results have yet to demonstrate its efficacy.
