A comparison of two methods of training resistance to visually-induced motion sickness

This report concerns the use of two methods of training subjects to tolerate visually-induced motion sickness (VMS). Sixteen subjects were selected on the basis of their response to a motion sickness history questionnaire and assigned to one of four groups on the basis of their ability to tolerate visually-induced motion (VM). One group received 10 sessions of confidence building and desensitization training (BT); a second group received 10 sessions of EMG and temperature biofeedback (FB); a third group received 10 sessions of BT and 10 sessions of FB (BTFB); and a fourth group received no treatment (C). The results indicated that the BT and BTFB groups exhibited significant increases in tolerance to VM when pretreatment measures were compared to posttreatment measures, while no significant differences in pre-post measures were observed in the FB or C groups. A similar pattern emerged from the symptomatology data.