The minimal ice water caloric test compared with established vestibular caloric test procedures

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Schmäl, Frank ^a   Lübben, Björn ^a   Weiberg, Kerstin ^a   Stoll, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bedside test; Lateral semicircular canal stimulation; Vestibular examination

Indexed keywords

ICE; TAP WATER; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; COLD AIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOGRAPHY; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADULT; CALORIC TESTS; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27744432618     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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