Vestibular Responses Following High Velocity Rotation: Normal Material

Abstract

Nine persons were submitted to rotation for various periods of time in a hand operated rotating chair at velocities of about 280°/sec and with very abrupt starts and stops. The purpose has been to establish normal material with which a group of ballet dancers can be compared in order to ascertain the eventual existence of occupation-induced habituation. Results were recorded by electronystagmography and telemetry technique. Slow phase velocity of eye movements in the early postrotation period was used to score the responses.