Otolith and canal reflexes in human standing

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 229-234

  Cathers, Ian ^a,b   Day, Brian L ^c   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; ACCELERATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HEAD POSITION; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REFLEX; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 14844318031     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.079525     Document Type: Article

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