Effect of vestibular loss on head-on-trunk stability in individuals with vestibular schwannoma.

ABSTRACT: The vestibulo-collic reflex generates neck motor commands to produce head-on-trunk movements that are essential for stabilizing the head relative to space. Here we examined the effects of vestibular loss on head-on-trunk kinematics during voluntary behavior. Head and trunk movements were measured in individuals with vestibular schwannoma before and then 6 weeks after unilateral vestibular deafferentation via surgical resection of the tumor. Movements were recorded in 6 dimensions (i.e., 3 axes of rotation and 3 axes of translation) using small light-weight inertial measurement units while participants performed balance and gait tasks. Kinematic measures differed between individuals with vestibular schwannoma (at both time points) and healthy controls for the more challenging exercises, nam

SUBMITTER: Aryan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10861475 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature