Smooth pursuit neck torsion test: A specific test for cervical dizziness

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-81

  Tjell, Carsten ^a   Rosenhall, Ulf ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical vertigo; Neck proprioception; Oculomotor function; Smooth pursuit eye movements; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENIERE DISEASE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALORIC TESTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACCADES; TORSION; VERTIGO; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0031894462     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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