title: Eye Movements as Indicators of Vestibular Dysfunction.
abstract: Virtual reality technologies are in wide use in sport psychology. An advantage of this kind of technology is the possibility to assess sportspeople's readiness to perform complex movements. This study is aimed at developing a method for the evaluation of vestibular function disturbances in young skaters. Such disturbances may occur while skaters are performing rotation movements. To achieve this goal, we induced a vection illusion, accompanied by virtual environment rotation in a CAVE virtual reality system. Vestibular disturbances were tested for two groups-professional skaters and people who had very little or no skating experience. The quantitative evaluation of vestibular dysfunction was based on eye movement characteristics, which were recorded in subjects experiencing a vection illusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation gmenshikova@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Galina Ya
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Menshikova
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Artem I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kovalev
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Oxana A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Klimova
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chernorizov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057849:Optic Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D009903:Optical Illusions / Q000502:physiology; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012861:Skating / Q000502:physiology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: eye movements; figure skating; vection; vestibular function; virtual reality