Galvanic-induced postural movements as a test of vestibular function in humans

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-430

  Cass, Stephen P ^a,b   Redfern, Mark S ^a   Furman, Joseph M ^a   DiPasquale, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

AGED; EAR, INNER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RECURRENCE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0029922468     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199604000-00007     Document Type: Article

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