Precision contact of the fingertip reduces postural sway of individuals with bilateral vestibular loss

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-466

  Lackner, James R ^a   DiZio, Paul ^a   Jeka, John ^b   Horak, Fay ^c   Krebs, David ^d   Rabin, Ely ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptic; Posture; Proprioception; Somatosensation; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FALLING; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

AGED; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOUCH; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0032972015     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050753     Document Type: Article

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