Canal and otolith vestibule-ocular reflexes to vertical and off vertical axis rotations in children learning to walk

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 657-665

  Wiener Vacher, Sylvette R ^a   Toupet, Françoise ^a   Narcy, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Balance; Development; Equilibrium; Locomotion; Posturomotor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; WALKING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULE;

ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 0029658756     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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