You are better off running than walking with acute vestibulopathy.
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.
Brandt
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Strupp
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Benson
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*