Nonlinear variability of body sway in patients with Phobic Postural Vertigo

Nonlinear variability of body sway in patients with Phobic Postural Vertigo

Background: Subjective postural imbalance is a key symptom in the somatoform phobic postural vertigo (PPV). It has been assumed that more attentional control of body posture and/or co-contraction of leg muscles during standing is used to minimize the physiological body sway in PPV. Here we analyze n...

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Main Authors: Roman eSchniepp, Max eWuehr, Cauchy ePradhan, Sergej eNovozhilov, Siegbert eKrafczyk, Thomas eBrandt, Klaus eJahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Vertigo
stance
sample entropy
DFA
psychogenic
scaling exponent
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2013.00115/full

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