You are better off running than walking with acute vestibulopathy

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03179-7

The Lancet

Volume 354, Issue 9180, 28 August 1999, Page 746

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Patients with acute vestibular disorder balance better when running than when standing or walking slowly. We suggest that the automatic spinal locomotor programme suppresses destabilising vestibular input.

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You are better off running than walking with acute vestibulopathy