A review of the scientific basis and practical application of a new test of utricular function - Ocular vestibular - Evoked myogenic potentials to bone-conducted vibration;Una revisione delle basi scientifiche e delle applicazioni pratiche di un nuovo test per lo studio della funzione otolitica (utricolare). I potenziali vestibolari miogenici evocati dalla vibrazione ossea

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Curthoys, I S ^a   Manzari, L ^b   Smulders, Y E ^c   Burgess, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials; Otolith; Vestibular disorder; Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Indexed keywords

BONE CONDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIBRATION;

BONE CONDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 73349132381     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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