The altered vestibular-evoked myogenic and whole-body postural responses in old men during standing

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-128

  Dalton, Brian H ^a,c   Blouin, Jean Sébastien ^a,b   Allen, Matti D ^d   Rice, Charles L ^d,e   Inglis, J Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Sensorimotor; Standing balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 84910665103     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.09.020     Document Type: Article

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