Nystagmus induced by high frequency vibrations of the skull in total unilateral peripheral vestibular lesions

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Dumas, Georges ^a   Perrin, Philippe ^b   Schmerber, Sébastien ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Caloric test; Head shaking test; High frequency stimulations; Nystagmus; Skull vibrations; Vestibular diseases; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; NEURECTOMY; NEURILEMOMA; NYSTAGMOGRAPHY; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIBRATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CALORIC TESTS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 39349097272     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701477677     Document Type: Article

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