کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4057644 1265698 2008 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Effectiveness of an electro-tactile vestibular substitution system in improving upright postural control in unilateral vestibular-defective patients
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی ارتوپدی، پزشکی ورزشی و توانبخشی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Effectiveness of an electro-tactile vestibular substitution system in improving upright postural control in unilateral vestibular-defective patients
چکیده انگلیسی

We investigated the effects of an electro-tactile vestibular substitution system (EVSS) on upright postural control in 12 unilateral vestibular-defective patients. The underlying principle of this system consists in supplying the user with additional information about his/her head orientation/motion with respect to gravitational vertical, normally provided by the vestibular system, through electro-tactile stimulation of his/her tongue. Subjects were asked to stand as immobile as possible with their eyes closed in two No-EVSS and EVSS conditions. Reduced centre-of-foot pressure displacements were observed in the EVSS relative to the No-EVSS condition. These results, demonstrating the effectiveness of the EVSS system in improving upright postural control in unilateral vestibular-defective patients, could have implications in clinical and rehabilitative areas.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Gait & Posture - Volume 28, Issue 4, November 2008, Pages 711–715
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