Galvanic vestibular stimulation elicits consistent head-neck motion in seated subjects

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1978-1984

  Ehtemam, Farzad ^a   Forbes, Patrick A ^a   Schouten, Alfred C ^a,b   Van Der Helm, Frans C T ^a,b,c   Happee, Riender ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS); head stabilization; neck reflexes and system identification

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR CONFIGURATION; FREQUENCY-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION (GVS); HEAD STABILIZATION; MOTION CAPTURE; MULTISINE; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TORSO KINEMATICS; VISUAL INFORMATION;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; STABILIZATION;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; NECK; PERCEPTION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SITTING; SKIN SENSATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84862751203     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2195178     Document Type: Article

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