Report on Vestibular Tests performed on Base Ball Players of Osaka Tetsudo Hospital

Abstract

Following Dr. Fukuda's theory that the fact that an experimental nystagmus hardly appears in superior sportsmen does not mean a decreased but an increased function of their inner ear, the vestibular tests were performed on the base-ball players of the Osaka Tetsudo Hospital.
The results of the stepping-examination and post-rotation nystagmus on these players showed better balancing ability than average men, but far worse than best professional players.