title: Influence of gender on the vestibular evoked myogenic potential.
abstract: There is no consensus on the relevance of factors that influence gender differences in the behavior of muscles. Some studies have reported a relationship between muscle tension and amplitude of the vestibular evoked myogenic potential; others, that results depend on which muscles are studied or on how much load is applied.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to compare vestibular evoked myogenic potential parameters between genders in young individuals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty young adults were selected - 40 men and 40 women. Stimuli were averaged tone-bursts at 500 Hz, 90 dBHL intensity, and a 10-1000 Hz bandpass filter with amplification of 10-25 microvolts per division. The recordings were made in 80 ms windows.
  
  
  METHODS
  An experimental and prospective study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant gender differences were found in wave latency - p = 0.19 and p = 0.50 for waves P13 and N23, respectively. No differences were found in amplitude values - p = 0.28 p = 0.40 for waves P13 and N23, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were no gender differences in latency and amplitude factors; the sternocleidomastoid muscle strain was monitored during the examination.
authors.affiliation: Sergipe Federal University, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Tenório Lins
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Carnaúba
authors.forename: Vanessa Vieira
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: Nastassia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Aline Cabral de
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Renato Glauco de Souza
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Pedro de Lemos
authors.initials: Pde L
authors.lastname: Menezes
mesh_terms: D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D058585:Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult