Publication Date

1986

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Lankford, James E.

Degree Name

M.A. (Master of Arts)

Legacy Department

Department of Communicative Disorders

LCSH

Motion sickness; Dramamine

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to investigate the vestibular/proprioceptive evoked potential (V/PEP) and the effect of Dramamine on that potential. Twelve college-aged females participated in both the unmedicated and medicated conditions. The stimulus was a mobile platform bed which accelerated down an inclined ramp. The V/PEP waveform which was obtained consisted of 2 positive peaks (P₁, P₂) and 1 negative peak (N₁). The absolute latency of each was 50.58 msec for P₁, 146.25 msec for N₁ and 250.70 msec for P₂. The latencies of each peak were compared between the unmedicated and the medicated conditions using the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test. No statistically significant differences were noted (.05 level). However, it was apparent that a V/PEP could be measured for each subject across all conditions.

Comments

Bibliography: pages [54]-57.

Extent

vi, 63 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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In Copyright

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