Selective effects of ageing on vestibular-dependent lower limb responses following galvanic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 528-534

  Welgampola, M S ^a   Colebatch, J G ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Galvanic; Posture; Vestibulospinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0036228044     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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