Dr. med Maltei Valentina

ABSTRACT Kohen–Ratz described in autistic children a particular behaviour of posturographic findings that he named “Paradox Effect” : to be more stable when standing on foam pads with eyes closed as compared to solid surface with eyes open. He correlated this “paradox” phenomenon to the involvement of cerebellar controls. The aim of this paper is […]

ABSTRACT Objective. Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) are now being used worldwide as a reproducible screening test of the otholitic function, particularly to assess the saccular function. They have been employed in patients affected by Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (PPV), especially in the relapsing form (RPV). Recently, a new test to study otolithic evoked potentials – […]