2014, Volume 20, Issue 3

The Use of Oculography in the Assessment of the Efficacy of Anti-G Straining Maneuvers: Preliminary Experiments

Marcin Strojek¹, Krzysztof Kowalczuk¹, Michał Janewicz¹, Mariusz Walas¹, Tadeusz Grzeszczuk¹, Stefan Gaździński¹, Mariusz Wyleżoł¹
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¹Military Institute of Aviation Medicine


Autor korenspondencyjny: Marcin Strojek; Military Institute of Aviation Medicine; email: mstrojek[at]wiml.waw.pl

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Human centrifuge has numerous innovative uses as a training simulator. In recent years, the centrifuges have been used in oculographcic examinations so as to enable reconstruction of certain pilotage-related elements in simulated conditions. An evident loss of saccade movements was observed while subjecting pilots to  acceleration conditions although the extent of hypergravity was fully controlled and maintained at a constant level by pilots themselves. The preliminary results of the studies are promising and encourage taking up new research in the field.