Minor adverse effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation in persons with stroke and healthy individuals

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1058-1069

  Utz, Kathrin S ^a   Korluss, Kathia ^a   Schmidt, Lena ^a   Rosenthal, Alisha ^a   Oppenlnder, Karin ^a   Keller, Ingo ^b   Kerkhoff, Georg ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Schoen Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

adverse effects; neurorehabilitation; neurotechnology; safety; Vestibular stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROMODULATION; PRURITUS; SEIZURE; SKIN TINGLING; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 80052778378     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.607789     Document Type: Article

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