Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Mar 2025)

Galvanic vestibular stimulation to rehabilitate postural instability in Parkinson's disease

  • Anna Paula Batista de Ávila Pires,
  • Ludimila Labanca,
  • Paulo Pereira Christo,
  • Maurício Campelo Tavares,
  • Jordana Carvalhais Barroso,
  • Maria Luiza Diniz,
  • Denise Utsch Gonçalves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1806812
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 83, no. 03
pp. 001 – 008

Abstract

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Background Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) is a non-invasive technique employed to rehabilitate balance by delivering low-intensity, short-duration electrical stimulation to the mastoid bones, effectively activating the vestibulospinal tract.

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