Vestibular stimulation influences both bodily ownership and postural control. Although previous studies in the literature have examined the effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) on body ownership and balance separately, their combined and time-dependent effects remain insufficiently explored....
No actionable change for clinical practice at this stage; findings are experimental and relevant primarily to researchers investigating vestibular-cortical body-ownership mechanisms rather than to practicing audiologists or balance clinicians.
Understanding how galvanic vestibular stimulation modulates bodily ownership perception could inform future therapeutic applications for balance disorders and rehabilitation science.
- 01Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) delivers mild electrical currents to the vestibular system to alter balance and perception.
- 02The study used counterbalanced randomization to control for order effects across stimulus conditions.
- 03Both bodily ownership (sense of owning one's body) and postural control were measured as outcomes.
- 04Results contribute to understanding the link between vestibular signals and self-perception.
- 05Study published in PLOS ONE, suggesting broad multidisciplinary scope.
Galvanic vestibular stimulation affects bodily ownership perception.
studypartially supportedGalvanic vestibular stimulation influences postural control.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42102052
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0348060.
- Journal
- PLOS ONE
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 1b
- Population
- Healthy experimental participants exposed to galvanic vestibular stimulation
- Intervention
- Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) under counterbalanced randomized conditions
- Comparator
- Sham or alternate GVS stimulus conditions (counterbalanced within-subject design)
Primary outcomes
Bodily ownership perception; Postural control