Recovery of vestibular ocular reflex function and balance control after a unilateral peripheral vestibular deficit.

This review describes the effect of unilateral peripheral vestibular deficit (UPVD) on balance control as observed in stance and gait tests. Normally, a UPVD is defined based on vestibular ocular reflex (VOR) function. Therefore, we compare recovery observed in balance control over time with similar...

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Main Author: John eAllum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2012.00083/full