The assessment of the impact of a training process on the habituation of the vestibular-vegetative system, using a special rotational test as a condition of maintaining flight safety

• Authors: Zbigniew Wochyński , Piotr Krawczyk , Krzysztof Cur

Abstracts

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ObjectivesThe authors formulated a hypothesis that, on completion of the training program by cadets, their vestibular habituation would increase, measured by the time of the duration of the test on the unlocked looping, in contrast to the initial values and the control group.Material and MethodsThe research involved 35 male cadets, first-year students of the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin. The examined persons were on average 20 years of age. They were divided into 2 groups. Group A (N = 25, tested) continued training on Special Aviation Gymnastic Instruments (SAGI). The cadets were a homogeneous group of participants in the jet pilot course, selected by the Military Aeromedical Board. Group B (N = 10, control) conducted the standard physical military education program. Groups A and B were tested on the unlocked looping before and after the training process. In the training process, the groups had heart rate (HR) monitored.ResultsThe cadets in group A on the test in the unlocked looping, at the beginning of the training period, had an average score of 468.5±96.6 s, and on completion of the training period 575.6±47.9 s, which is a statistically significant difference at p < 0.000001. Similarly, the examined individuals in group B received an average score of 396.2±31.8 s, and at the end of the training period 473.4±72.0 s, which is a statistically significant difference at p < 0.01. In group A, a statistically significant decrease in the average HR value was observed. In group B, there was a statistically significant increase in the average HR value.ConclusionsThe exercises on SAGI have a beneficial impact on improving the habituation of the vestibular organ in training cadets in examination II, as opposed to examination I and the control group.

Keywords

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space motion sickness; special aviation gymnastic instruments; test on the unlocked looping; vestibular-vegetative system; training process; Coriolis effect

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 497-506

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

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Zbigniew Wochyński

• Polish Air Force University, Dęblin, Poland (Department of Aviation Safety Transport)

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Piotr Krawczyk

• Polish Air Force University, Dęblin, Poland (Department of Aviation)

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Krzysztof Cur

• 3rd Airlift Wing, Powidz, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01515

Biblioteka Nauki

2116592