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  • Biomechanics
  • Sensory Integration

Background:

  • The human balance system integrates multiple sensory inputs to maintain upright posture.
  • The specific influence of monocular (one-eyed) visual cues on vestibular control of balance remains largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how monocular visual cues modulate the vestibular-evoked myogenic and whole-body balance responses.
  • To compare the effects of no vision, dominant eye vision, non-dominant eye vision, and binocular vision on balance control.

Main Methods:

  • Seventeen healthy subjects received continuous electrical vestibular stimulation (EVS) while standing.
  • Balance responses, including medial-lateral ground reaction forces (ML GRF) and medial gastrocnemius electromyography (EMG), were measured under four visual conditions.
  • Data were analyzed in the frequency (coherence) and time (cumulant density) domains.

Main Results:

  • Vision (binocular, dominant, or non-dominant eye) reduced the vestibular-evoked balance response compared to no vision.
  • The vestibular-evoked ML GRF response amplitude was significantly higher with no vision compared to all visual conditions.
  • Monocular vision, particularly the non-dominant eye, showed a greater EVS-evoked response amplitude than binocular vision.

Conclusions:

  • Monocular visual cues, similar to binocular vision, can attenuate vestibular-driven balance responses, especially at lower frequencies.
  • While both dominant and non-dominant eyes influence balance, differences between them were less pronounced than the difference between having vision and not having vision.