Vestibular-evoked electromyographic responses in soleus: A comparison between click and galvanic stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-510

  Watson, S R D ^a   Colebatch, J G ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clicks; Galvanic stimulation; Human; Vestibular reflexes; Vestibulospinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLICK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0031942115     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050366     Document Type: Article

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