Determining the effectiveness of a vibrotactile balance prosthesis

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-56

  Peterka, Robert J ^a   Wall III, Conrad ^b   Kentala, Erna ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Balance prosthesis; Human; Orientation; Posture; Vestibular; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; ORIENTATION; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TECHNOLOGY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 33747444647     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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