Seasickness, How It Affects Sailors and Relationships with Land and Air Motion Effects

摘要

Seasickness, or Mal de Mer, is a very unpleasant experience, and most sailors, if not all, have had to cope with it. In its extreme form it leaves the victim unwilling to perform any task, even to assist in his or her own rescue. Motion sickness, or cinetose, is dependent on the magnitude of ship motion, but how it affects the human operator is not unequivocal. We will review the different factors -- environmental, physiological and psychological - - involved in cinetose genesis and how they influence human performance. Application to land, air and space vehicles will also be discussed.