Can a unilateral loss of otolithic function be clinically detected by assessment of the subjective visual vertical?

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 423-427

  Böhmer, Andreas ^a   Mast, Fred ^b   Jarchow, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Roll tilt; Vestibular neurectomy

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LABYRINTHECTOMY; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TILTING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0029787253     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00137-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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