Search for dissertations about: "vestibular system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words vestibular system.

  2. 1. Visual influences on vestibular compensation and postural control

    Author : Anna Hafström; Lund näs- och halssjukdomar Öron-; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Otorhinolaryngology; audiology; auditive system and speech; Otorinolaryngologi; Medicin människa och djur ; Vestibular schwannoma; Alcohol intoxication.; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Vestibular deafferentation; Visual-vestibular interactions; Subjective visual horizontal and vertical; Visual dependence; Utriculus; Balance; Vision; audiologi; hörsel- och talorganen;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to investigate visual-vestibular interactions in healthy subjects and in patients with a well defined unilateral vestibular lesion (vestibular schwannoma before and six months after translabyrinthine surgery). Visual information is particularly important for balance control during perturbed stance. READ MORE

  4. 2. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy in dizziness and disequilibrium

    Author : Ann-Sofi Kammerlind; Krister Brantberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : vestibular; dizziness; disequilibrium; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Dizziness and disequilibrium can be caused by several dysfunctions within the balance system, and are common symptoms especially in higher ages. The general aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of vestibular rehabilitation therapy in patients with dizziness and disequilibrium, and to examine the influence of age, vestibular function and psychological aspects on recovery. READ MORE

  5. 3. Central vestibular compensation : the role of the GABAB receptor

    Author : Anna Magnusson; Ulrich Büttner; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The remarkable capacity for adaptive plastic changes in response to changed internal or external conditions is a distinctive feature of the vestibular system. Even in adults the system can be modified throughout life due to altered conditions caused by disease. trauma, medical treatment or normal ageing. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dysfunction and plasticity in otoneurology : with emphasis on the vestibular system

    Author : Claes Möller; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Medicine; Medicin;

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  7. 5. Different neurophysiological methods for studying the vestibular system : evaluation of old methods and development of a new test procedure

    Author : Birgitta Larsby; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Different methods were used to study the physiology and anatomy of the vestibular system. 1) A primary vestibular cortical area in the cat was located and tested for somatosensory inflow by recordings of vestibular evoked potentials and extracellular single unit activity. READ MORE