Background on methods of stimulation in galvanic-induced body sway in young healthy adults

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-271

  Balter, Susan G T ^a   Stokroos, Robert J ^a   De Jong, Iwan ^a   Boumans, Rob ^a   Van De Laar, Maikel ^a   Kingma, Herman ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Habituation; Prospective study; Standardized procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIZZINESS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; TASTE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VESTIBULE;

EID: 2342481133     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310015245     Document Type: Article

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