Insensitivity of the “Romberg Test of Standing Balance on Firm and Compliant Support Surfaces” to the Results of Caloric and VEMP Tests

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages e1-e5

  Jacobson, Gary P ^a   McCaslin, Devin L ^a   Piker, Erin G ^a   Gruenwald, Jill ^a   Grantham, Sarah ^a   Tegel, Lauren ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AGED; CALORIC TESTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 80255124786     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31822802bb     Document Type: Article

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