Vestibular perceptual thresholds to angular rotation in acute unilateral vestibular paresis and with galvanic stimulation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 256-262

  Cutfield, Nicholas J ^a,b   Cousins, Sian ^a   Seemungal, Barry M ^a   Gresty, Michael A ^a   Bronstein, Adolfo M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Galvanic; Perceptual threshold; Vestibular; Vestibular neuritis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARANY TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMIC THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; ROTATION; TORQUE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULAR THRESHOLD;

EID: 80053209603     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06159.x     Document Type: Article

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