Impaired scaling of responses to vestibular stimulation in incomplete SCI

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Wydenkeller, S ^a   Liechti, M ^a   Muller R ^a   Curt, A ^a,b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GVS; Posture; SCI; Vestibulospinal responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33749600962     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0688-z     Document Type: Article

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