The Role of Vestibular system in Sport

COURSE OUTCOME:
DISCUSS THE ROLE OF VESTIBULAR
SYSTEM IN MOVEMENT PRODUCTION
The vestibular system
The vestibular system detects motion of the head-in-space
and in turn generates reflexes that are crucial for our daily
activities, such as stabilizing the visual axis (gaze) and
maintaining head and body posture.

The vestibular system provides us with our subjective

sense of movement and orientation in space. The vestibular
sensory organs are located in the petrous part of the
temporal bone in close proximity to the cochlea, the
auditory sensory organ.

The vestibular system controls the movements of the head

and eyes during the exercises, maintaining balance and
allowing the visual control of events movement
The auditory system
The auditory system positioned together with
vestibular system inside the ear. This system enable
a person to identify where a sound coming from
and to differentiate among various sounds.

Normal hearing ranges from 0 to 25dB loss is the

best ear without the assistance of any artificial aid.
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MIDDLE EAR INNER EAR
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BALANCE
PINNA NERVE AUDITOR
Y NERVE
VESTIBUL
AR TO
SYSTEM BRAIN

EXTENAL COCHLEA
AUDITORY
CANAL
STAPES
EUSTACHI
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EAR DRUM

MALLEUS
Learning style for human 5

VISUAL AUDITORY KINESTHETIC

• look • hear • perform

• watch • sound • execute
• show • repeat • try
• demonstrate • feel
• observe • touch
• imagine • move
• Vestibular appratus consist of two types of receptors, the semicircular
canal which response to angular acceleration in three difference plane.
• Otolith organ (utricle and saccular) respond to linear acceleration.
 What does the vestibular system have to do?
 Detect head movement and head position and provide
the brain with fast and accurate information about
those
 Generate fast and appropriate oculomotor, postural
and perceptual responses

Accomplished by means of the specialized sensory

regions within the membranous labyrinth of the inner
ear.
Input
FORCES produced by head movement and head
position

Output
1. EYE MOVEMENT which compensate for the head
movement
— Vestibulo-ocular response (VOR) keep gaze stable

2. SENSATION- sense the movement

3. POSTURE- posture changes to ensure stability
How does the vestibular system work?

Vestibular receptors are FORCE detectors.

Head movement produces forces and vestibular
receptors detect those forces and initiate response.
 Semi-circular canals- angular acceleration forces in orthogonal
planes: sagittal, frontal, tranverse
 Otoliths- gravitational (up-down) & linear acceleration