Vestibular and visual influence on postural stability and egomotion perception in persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD)
Our visual motion stimuli were capable of eliciting different magnitudes of perceived egomotion and postural sway without significant group differences in postural sway challenging the notion of increased visual sensitivity in PPPD. Multisensory stimulation alleviates visual sensitivity and counteracts postural misperception in quiet stance. Patients' non-linear increase of egomotion with increasing postural sway differs from HC and reflects a non-linear perceptual-postural scaling as a crucial mechanism in PPPD.
Authors
- Hannah Keller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-9796)
- Christoph Helmchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-2294)
- Andreas Sprenger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-7911)
- Skadi Gerkensmeier
- Renana Storm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8111-6281)
- Pia Herborn
Institutions
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-026-13653-z
- Primary Topic
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft