Improved postural control after computerized optokinetic therapy based on stochastic visual stimulation in patients with vestibular dysfunction

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Loader, Benjamin ^a   Gruther, Wolfgang ^a   Mueller, Christian A ^a   Neuwirth, Gerhard ^a   Thurner, Stefan ^a   Ehrenberger, Klaus ^a   Mittermaier, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Disequilibrium; Optokinetic; Posturography; Stochastic resonance; Therapy; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTERIZED OPTOKINETIC THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; STABILOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; SENSATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 43649103151     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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