IMPORTANCE Vestibular disorders have been reported following cochlear implant (CI) surgery, but the literature shows a wide discrepancy in the reported clinical impact. The aim of this meta-analysis is to quantify the effect of CI before and after surgery on the outcomes of vestibular tests, postural stability, and subjective perception of dizziness. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of CI su...

Alterations of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, optokinetic nystagmus, and visuo-vestibular-ocular reflex, have already been described in patients with AIDS and HIV-1 positive asymptomatic subjects. The introduction to the clinical practice of posturographic techniques allows us to study, with precision, postural perturbation that may be present when performing Romberg's test and to study the vesti...

A system is described that uses force-plate-mounted piezoelectric strain measurement to detect and quantify pedestrian traffic. The system uses distributed piezoelectric sensors in a stiff structural platform and is combined with a sensing and counting circuit. The paper describes the application of this technology for monitoring pedestrian traffic on a municipal trail. The application of the s...

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the results in weight distribution between the two lower extremities of a group of unilateral below-knee (BK) amputee adults trained by conventional methods and another group trained by using visual feedback techniques through dynamic posturography imparted using a dual force plate system. Two sets of BK amputees were taken. One set of fifteen ol...

BACKGROUND Posturography systems that incorporate force platforms are considered to assess balance and postural control with greater sensitivity and objectivity than conventional clinical tests. The Wii Balance Board (WBB) system has been shown to have similar performance characteristics as other force platforms, but with lower cost and size. OBJECTIVES To determine the validity and reliabili...

BACKGROUND Age-related balance impairments, particularly in mediolateral direction (ML) may cause falls. Sufficiently sensitive and reliable ML balance tests are, however, lacking. This study is aimed to determine (1) the effect of age on and (2) the reliability of ML balance performance using Center of Mass (CoM) tracking. METHODS Balance performance of 19 young (26±3 years) and 19 older (72...