Gain and delay of human vestibulo-ocular reflexes to oscillation and steps of the head by a reactive torque helmet: I. Normal subjects

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-795

  Tabak, S ^a   Collewijn, H ^a   Boumans, L J J M ^a   Van Der Steen, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gain; Head oscillation; Human; Latency; Semicircular canals; Step responses; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TORQUE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0030704749     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709114203     Document Type: Article

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