Control of sway using vibrotactile feedback of body tilt in patients with moderate and severe postural control deficits

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 313-325

  Wall III, C ^a,c   Kentala, E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Jenks Vestibular Diagnostic Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance prosthesis; Balance rehabilitation; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSTHESIS; STABILOGRAPHY; TILTING; TOUCH; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIBRATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOUCH; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 33645407409     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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