Postural Response Induced by Horizontal Sway of a Platform in Patients with Labyrinthine Disturbance

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Hirotoshi Fujiwara ◽  
Takashi Tokita ◽  
Hideo Miyata
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2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
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Maria Nida C. Roncesvalles ◽  
Marjorie H. Woollacott ◽  
Nicholas Brown ◽  
Jody L. Jensen
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1999 ◽  
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pp. 435-442 ◽  
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T.C. Adams ◽  
S.I. Reger ◽  
M. Parnianpour ◽  
K. Barin ◽  
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pp. 287-307 ◽  
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John M. Brookhart ◽  
Richard E. Talbott
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1981 ◽  
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V. Litvinenková ◽  
F. Hlavačka ◽  
G. Harangozo

2007 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 1574-1586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Sébastien Blouin ◽  
Gunter P. Siegmund ◽  
J. Timothy Inglis

Postural and startle responses rapidly habituate with repeated exposures to the same stimulus, and the first exposure to a seated forward acceleration elicits a startle response in the neck muscles. Our goal was to examine how the acoustic startle response is integrated with the habituated neck postural response elicited by forward accelerations of seated subjects. In experiment 1, 14 subjects underwent 11 sequential forward accelerations followed by 5 additional sled accelerations combined with a startling tone (124-dB sound pressure level) initiated 18 ms after sled acceleration onset. During the acceleration-only trials, changes consistent with habituation occurred in the root-mean-square amplitude of the neck muscles and in the peak amplitude of five head and torso kinematic variables. The subsequent addition of the startling tone restored the amplitude of the neck muscles and four of the five kinematic variables but shortened onset of muscle activity by 9–12 ms. These shortened onset times were further explored in experiment 2, wherein 16 subjects underwent 11 acceleration-only trials followed by 15 combined acceleration-tone trials with interstimulus delays of 0, 13, 18, 23, and 28 ms. Onset times shortened further for the 0- and 13-ms delays but did not lengthen for the 23- and 28-ms delays. These temporal and spatial changes in EMG can be explained by a summation of the excitatory drive converging at or before the neck muscle motoneurons. The present observations suggest that habituation to repeated sled accelerations involves extinguishing the startle response and tuning the postural response to the whole body disturbance.


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2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Palestra ◽  
Mohamed Rebiai ◽  
Estelle Courtial ◽  
Dimitrios Koutsouris

This paper presents a rehabilitation system based on a customizable exergame protocol to prevent falls in the elderly population. The system is based on depth sensors and exergames. The experiments carried out with several seniors, in a day care center, make it possible to evaluate the usability and the efficiency of the system. The outcomes highlight the user-friendliness, the very good usability of the developed system and the significant enhancement of the elderly in maintaining a physical activity. The performance of the postural response is improved by an average of 80%.


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