Longer-term effects of ADAS use on speed and headway control in drivers diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Traffic Inj Prev
; 16(1): 10-6, 2015.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24697548
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
An advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) provided information about speed limits, speed, speeding, and following distance. Information was presented to the participants by means of a head-up display.METHODS:
Effects of the information on speed and headway control were studied in a longer-term driving simulator study including 12 repeated measures spread out over 4 weeks. Nine healthy older drivers between the ages of 65 and 82 years and 9 drivers between the ages of 68 and 82 years diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) participated in the study. Within the 4 weeks, groups completed 12 consecutive sessions (10 with ADAS and 2 without ADAS) in a driving simulator.RESULTS:
Results indicate an effect of ADAS use on performance. Removing ADAS after short-term exposure led to deterioration of performance in all speed measures in the group of drivers diagnosed with PD.CONCLUSIONS:
These results suggest that provision of traffic information was utilized by drivers diagnosed with PD in order to control their speed.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
1_ASSA2030
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parkinson Disease
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Protective Devices
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Automobile Driving
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Task Performance and Analysis
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Acceleration
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Traffic Inj Prev
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article