Wagner Andrew R, Akinsola Olaoluwa, Chaudhari Ajit M W, Bigelow Kimberly E, Merfeld Daniel M
School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Front Neurol. 2021 Feb 9;12:635305. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.635305. eCollection 2021.
Aging is associated with progressive declines in both the vestibular and human balance systems. While vestibular lesions certainly contribute to imbalance, the specific contributions of age-related vestibular declines to age-related balance impairment is poorly understood. This gap in knowledge results from the absence of a standardized method for measuring age-related changes to the vestibular balance pathways. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide an overview of the existing body of literature as it pertains to the methods currently used to infer vestibular contributions to age-related imbalance.
衰老与前庭系统和人体平衡系统的渐进性衰退有关。虽然前庭病变肯定会导致失衡,但与年龄相关的前庭衰退对与年龄相关的平衡损害的具体影响却知之甚少。这种知识上的差距是由于缺乏一种标准化的方法来测量与年龄相关的前庭平衡通路变化。本手稿的目的是概述现有文献,这些文献涉及目前用于推断前庭对与年龄相关的失衡所起作用的方法。