Topic: postural balance

Introduction. Studies of peripheral vestibular loss indicate that its consequences may vary depending on the impaired side. For instance, a left-sided loss tends to have a greater impact on the representation of body orientation. Our hypothesis here was that the influence on balance also depends on the side of the lesion.​Methods: Balance was examined in 21 patients with cochleovestibular nerve schwannoma (13 on the left side, 8 on the right side) one day before and two months after neurotomy. We measured the velocity of the center of foot pressure displacements and the signal power density in