Age effect on the Gaze Stabilization test

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-362

  Honaker, Julie A ^a   Shepard, Neil T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic visual acuity; gaze stabilization; vestibular function test; vestibular ocular reflex; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR TEST; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78650265770     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2010-0365     Document Type: Article

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