Laboratory testing of the vestibular system

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Clarke, Andrew H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

otolith function; posturography; subjective visual vertical; unilateral centrifugation; vestibular testing; vestibular evoked myogenic potential; vestibuloocular reflex; videooculography; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CENTRIFUGATION; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DIZZINESS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GALVANIC CURRENT; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SACCULUS; SCLERAL SEARCH COIL TECHNIQUE; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STABILOGRAPHY; TACTILE MEMORY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIBRATION SENSE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

HUMANS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 77957804679     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32833de137     Document Type: Review

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