Three-Axis Wearable Adaptive Vestibular Stimulator

Mayo Clinic

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Motion Sickness

Treatments: Other: 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system; Other: Flight simulations in virtual reality (VR); Device: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06106256

23-002124

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to improve current galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) technology to ease the motion sickness often associated with virtual reality (VR) simulation.

Full description

The Three-Axis Wearable Adaptive Vestibular Stimulator (3WAVeS) technology that combines galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) and Virtual Reality (VR) will not only increase VR-based simulation realism and presence, but will also mitigate the motion sickness often associated with VR simulation by re-coupling the vestibular and ocular inputs to the VR user. Additionally, due to GVS technology's ability to accurately provide continuous inputs to the vestibular system, 3WAVeS can intentionally simulate high-fidelity effects of spatial disorientation for training purposes.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• For our purposes, participants must be able to consent to participate themselves and be 21 to 55 years of age
• Must be able to attend in-person sessions at the Mayo Aerospace Medicine and Vestibular Research Laboratory in Scottsdale, AZ.
• No racial/ethnic groups will be excluded, although all participants must be fluent speakers of English.

Exclusion criteria

• History of vestibular disease, migraine, or significant balance disorder; history of severe motion sensitivity, women who are pregnant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 6 patient groups

Positive GVS During VR Flight Simulation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will receive positive galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) during a flight simulation in virtual reality (VR).

Treatment:

Device: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)

Other: Flight simulations in virtual reality (VR)

Negative GVS During VR Flight Simulation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will receive negative galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) during a flight simulation in virtual reality (VR).

Treatment:

Device: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)

Other: Flight simulations in virtual reality (VR)

No GVS During VR Flight Simulation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will not receive any galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) during a flight simulation in virtual reality (VR).

Treatment:

Other: Flight simulations in virtual reality (VR)

Positive GVS During 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will receive positive galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) while utilizing the 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system.

Treatment:

Device: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)

Other: 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system

Negative GVS During 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will receive negative galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) while utilizing the 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system.

Treatment:

Device: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)

Other: 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system

No GVS During 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will not receive any galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) while utilizing the 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system.

Treatment:

Other: 3-DOF Bertec Portable Essential's dual-balance force plate system