Effectiveness of head-mounted vibrotactile stimulation in subjects with bilateral vestibular loss: A phase 1 clinical trial

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-216

  Goebel, Joel A ^a   Sinks, Belinda C ^a   Parker Jr , B Eugene ^b   Richardson, Neal T ^b   Olowin, Aaron B ^b   Cholewiak, Roger W ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Barron Associates Inc   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Balance; Bilateral vestibular loss; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL VESTIBULAR LOSS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STUDENT T TEST; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST; ASSOCIATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; ROTATION; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 64549147118     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318194f84d     Document Type: Article

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