Vergence and Standing Balance in Subjects with Idiopathic Bilateral Loss of Vestibular Function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kapoula, Zoï ^a   Gaertner, Chrystal ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Denise, Pierre ^b   Toupet, Michel ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre dExplorations Otoneurologiques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID MOVEMENT; HUMAN; STANDING; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ADULT; AGED; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84879190616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066652     Document Type: Article

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