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Space Motion Sickness & Space Adaptation Syndrome

Also: SMS · SAS · space adaptation syndrome

Gravity FieldsVestibular & SensorimotorGI & NutritionLaunch & AscentIn-flightSuborbitalLEO short-durationLEO long-durationLunar surfaceMars transit & surfacePublicClinicianOperator / SFP

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Key points
  • Space motion sickness affects a majority of astronauts during the first days of flight and typically resolves as adaptation occurs. ◇◇◇◇ Grade pending · F
  • Sensory conflict involving the vestibular (otolith) system in weightlessness is the leading explanatory framework. ◇◇◇◇ Grade pending · F A
  • Pharmacologic prevention and treatment: content pending clinical review. ◇◇◇◇ Grade pending

Evidence grades are pending reviewer assignment. Source tags: F flight · A analog · M model/animal · C computational · E expert.

Definition & overview

Space motion sickness is a common, usually self-limited syndrome of early spaceflight, reviewed in depth by Lackner and DiZio [1].

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Hazard context (RIDGE)

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Epidemiology & incidence in spaceflight

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Pathophysiology

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Clinical presentation

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Diagnosis & monitoring

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Prevention & countermeasures

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Management

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Mission-type considerations

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Postflight & long-term outcomes

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Terrestrial analogs & relevance

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Research frontier

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Commercial spaceflight notes

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Evidence profile
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References 1
  1. Lackner JR, DiZio P. Space motion sickness. Exp Brain Res. 2006;175(3):377-399. doi:10.1007/s00221-006-0697-y F

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