The video head impulse test (vHIT) of semicircular canal function - age-dependent normative values of VOR gain in healthy subjects

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  McGarvie, Leigh A ^a   MacDougall, Hamish G ^b   Halmagyi, G Michael ^a   Burgess, Ann M ^b   Weber, Konrad P ^c,d   Curthoys, Ian S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance; Bilateral vestibular loss; Head impulse test; Hit; Vestibular; Vestibulo ocular reflex; Vhit; Vor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIDEO HEAD IMPULSE TEST;

EID: 84940051919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00154     Document Type: Article

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