Head movement kinematics are altered during gaze stability exercises in vestibular schwannoma patients.

ABSTRACT: Gaze stability is the ability of the eyes to fixate a stable point when the head is moving in space. Because gaze stability is impaired in peripheral vestibular loss patients, gaze stabilization exercises are often prescribed to facilitate compensation. However, both the assessment and prescription of these exercises are subjective. Accordingly, here we quantified head motion kinematics in patients with vestibular loss while they performed the standard of care gaze stability exercises, both before and after surgical deafferentation. We also correlate the head kinematic data with standard clinical outcome measures. Using inertial measurement units, we quantified head movements in patients as they transitioned through these two vestibular states characterized by different levels of periphera

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8010068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature