Vibrations on mastoid process alter the gait characteristics during walking on different inclines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eighty-eight percent of the persons with bilateral vestibular dysfunction have reported at least one fall within the past 5 years. The apparent alternations due to the bilateral vestibular dysfunctions (BVD) are the gait characteristics, such as slower walking speed, prolonged stance phase, and shorter step length. Unexpectedly, due to the prevalence of this BVD being relatively low, attention is not obtained as same as in other vestibular disorders. Moreover, how does walking on different inclines, part of daily activities, alter the gait characteristics under the unreliable bilateral vestibular systems? Previous studies used vibration-based stimulations (VS) as a perturbation to understand the postural control during walking while the bilateral vestibular systems were

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040183 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature