Short-duration galvanic vestibular stimulation evokes prolonged balance responses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1210-1217

  Son, Gregory Martin Lee ^a   Blouin, Jean Sébastien ^a,b   Inglis, John Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Center of pressure; Electromyography; Vestibulo motor responses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MASTOID; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ADULT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAIR CELL; INNERVATION; LEG; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 55449100010     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01398.2006     Document Type: Article

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