Motion sickness amelioration induced by prism spectacles

A side effect of the prescription of prism glasses according to the principle of Utermöhlen to improve mechanical reading skills of certain types of learning disabled children was the alleviation of car sickness. Besides a decrease in reported symptoms after prescription of these glasses, the effect...

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Published in:Brain research bulletin 1998-11, Vol.47 (5), p.503-505
Main Authors: Vente, P.Eric M, Bos, Jelte E, de Wit, Gert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Disabled Children
Dyslexia - physiopathology
Eyeglasses
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Motion sickness
Motion Sickness - physiopathology
Motion Sickness - therapy
Optics and Photonics
Perceptual Distortion
Prism spectacles
Space life sciences
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Summary:A side effect of the prescription of prism glasses according to the principle of Utermöhlen to improve mechanical reading skills of certain types of learning disabled children was the alleviation of car sickness. Besides a decrease in reported symptoms after prescription of these glasses, the effect is quantified by a decrease in estimated number of emeses per year per patient. A placebo effect is unlikely because alleviation of car sickness was not the original intention of the prescription, and the symptoms returned as soon as the spectacles were discontinued.
ISSN:0361-9230
1873-2747
DOI:10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00100-2