Noisy vestibular stimulation improves body balance in bilateral vestibulopathy

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 82; no. 11; p. 969
• Main Authors: Iwasaki, Shinichi, Yamamoto, Yoshiharu, Togo, Fumiharu, Kinoshita, Makoto, Yoshifuji, Yukako, Fujimoto, Chisato, Yamasoba, Tatsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 18.03.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Electric Stimulation - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Noise; Postural Balance - physiology; Sensation Disorders - etiology; Sensation Disorders - therapy; Vestibular Diseases - complications; Vestibule, Labyrinth - physiology; Young Adult

To examine the effect of an imperceptible level of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS), delivered as zero-mean current noise (noisy GVS), on postural performance in healthy subjects as well as in patients with bilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction. White noise GVS with an amplitude ranging f...