Salient and placebo vibrotactile feedback are equally effective in reducing sway in bilateral vestibular loss patients

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-217

  Janssen, Maurice ^a,b,c   Stokroos, Robert ^a,c   Aarts, Jos ^c   van Lummel, Rob ^d   Kingma, Herman ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d McRoberts BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Normative stance data; Postural balance; Posture; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY VIBROTACTILE BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEM; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPROCESSOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; STANDING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOUCH; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VIBRATION;

EID: 74449090054     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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