A posturography apparatus including a force plate, a display device, a goggle device that includes a tunable lens operable to transition between a first configuration configured to pass light therethrough with a first refraction and a second configuration configured to pass light therethrough with a second refraction and a lens transition device operable to transition the lens between the first and second configurations. The apparatus further includes a computerized device that includes a display adapter to display information on the display device and a configured to operate the display adapter to display instructions on the display device, operate the lens transition device to change the configuration of the lens of the goggle device, receive ground reaction force measurements from the force plate, and calculate a balance component of the patient from the ground reaction force measurements.

A dynamic balance measurement and training device provides an efficient, portable, and versatile solution for dynamic balance measurement and training. Three detachable rods are arranged in a Y shape around a main platform. A movable sliding box, guided by the patient's leg movement, is configured to move along the detachable rods. The device includes laser distance sensors for accurate, automated balance measurement, as well as a microcontroller configured to process the laser distance sensor measurements and calculate balance scores, target distances, and other relevant information. These data can be recorded and may be displayed on a built-in screen or transmitted wirelessly for further analysis and tracking. An integrated pressure sensor provides feedback to the patient or clinician, indicating when assessments should be redone due to missteps or loss of balance. The device offers an integrated solution for balance assessment and training, promoting patient engagement and improving clinical efficiency.

Images from a camera such as on a computer game console or other device of a player of a computer game are analyzed to determine whether motion of the player such as sway may resemble a precursor motion pattern to motion sickness, so that the player may be advised accordingly before the symptoms of motion sickness manifest themselves.

A gravity perception function inspection apparatus based on virtual/augmented reality and multiple bio-signal sensors, includes a head-wearable display device worn on an examinee's head and reproducing an inspection screen in which a target object is displayed in a center of the inspection screen, the bio-signal measuring device including an eye tracker that detects a pupil size of an examinee and a posture measuring device that infers a posture value of the examinee by using a plurality of inertial measurement sensors dispersedly arranged on a body of the examinee and obtains and outputs a position control value corresponding to the posture value of the examinee, a human interface device that obtains and outputs a position control value manually input by the examinee, and a control device that generates and provides the inspection screen.

Assessing function of vestibular and oculomotor systems based on data output by a videonystagmography system and a force platform. A system includes a videonystagmography headset comprising an image sensor, wherein the image sensor outputs a video stream comprising a plurality of images of eyes of a user captured when the user wears the videonystagmography headset for a gaze test duration. The system includes a force platform comprising a load cell, wherein the force platform outputs a data stream indicating a plurality of tilt positions of the force platform captured when the user stands on the force platform for a balance test duration.

An apparatus for assessing balance is described comprising a light source; a light guide; and a light detector. The light source is arranged to introduce light into the light guide; the light guide is arranged to be stood upon by a subject; the light detector is arranged to detect light emanating from the light guide to thereby facilitate an assessment of the balance of the subject standing upon the light guide.

Methods and compositions are provided for treating or preventing a neurological disease or disorder using an inhibitor of Glyoxalase 1 (GLO1). In some embodiments, the inhibitor is a small molecule. In certain embodiments, the disease or disorder is a sleep disorder, a mood disorder such as depression, epilepsy, an anxiety disorder, substance abuse, substance dependence or substance such as an alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

A vestibular training apparatus and method as disclosed and claimed. Wherein the training apparatus comprises a motorized rotational platform. a waist harness, a plurality of balusters, a guard rail, a guard rail aperture, and a plurality of straps.

Embodiments herein relate to devices and related systems and methods for motion sickness prevention and mitigation. In an embodiment, a method of preventing or mitigating motion sickness in a subject is included, the method tracking motion of the subject using a first motion sensor; estimating a vestibular system input based on tracked motion of the subject; tracking head position of the subject using the first motion sensor; estimating a visual system input based on tracked head position of the subject; estimating consistency between the vestibular system input and the visual system input; and initiating a responsive measure if the estimated consistency crosses a threshold value. Other embodiments are also included herein.

A sickness assessment system includes a video storage unit configured to store video data that causes a visually induced self-motion sensation in a subject, a pattern storage unit configured to store an obstruction pattern that obstructs a partial area of a video based on the video data, a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, an assessment video in which the obstruction pattern stored in the pattern storage unit is superimposed on the video based on the video data stored in the video storage unit, and an assessment processing unit configured to assess sickness of the subject on the basis of output information output from the subject who has viewed the displayed assessment video.