URINARY CATECHOLAMINES IN MOTION SICKNESS AND TURBULENT FLIGHT,
Abstract
Urine samples were collected from 65 young airmen both before and after they were subjected to turbulent motion in C-47 aircraft. Similar samples were collected from 31 young airmen who were taken on flights during which no turbulence was voluntarily induced. These acidified but unboiled urines were analyzed for free cat echolamines. Neither norepinephrine nor epinephrine output in urine was related to vomiting or sweating during the turbulent flights. The output of norepinephrine and epinephrine was significantly greater during turbulent flights than during flights in which no turbulence was induced. Urinary epinephrine output was also significantly increased during the turbulent flights as opposed to the preflight period. Changes in urinary catecholamine output during flying are therefore associated with turbulence, but appear to be distinct from the motion-sickness syndrome. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0426121
Entities
People
- Elmer J. Schultz
- Joseph L. Borowitz
- William W. Lackey
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine