International guidelines for the clinical application of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials: An expert consensus report

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 658-666

  Papathanasiou, Eleftherios S ^a   Murofushi, Toshihisa ^b   Akin, Faith W ^c   Colebatch, James G ^d  

^a Mizonokuchi Hospital ^*

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inferior vestibular nerve; Medial vestibulospinal tract; Saccule; Sound; Sternocleidomastoid; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; AMPLIFIER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CONSENSUS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FILTER; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VIBRATION; ADULT; CERVICAL VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; PEDIATRICS; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CONSENSUS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 84896712420     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.11.042     Document Type: Review

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