A new rotational test for vertical semicircular canal function

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-237

  Morita, Masahiro ^a   Imai, Takao ^a   Kazunori, Sekine ^b   Takeda, Noriaki ^b   Koizuka, Izumi ^c   Uno, Atsuhiko ^a   Kitahara, Tadashi ^a   Kubo, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Post rotatory nystagmus; Rotational test; Vertical semicircular canal; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHAIR; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0042531989     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(03)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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