Sharpening the sharpened romberg

South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 125-132

  Lee, C T ^a,b  

^a Stark Hyperbaric Unit   (New Zealand)

^b Royal Malaysian Naval Base   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Investigations; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NAVAL MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032152624     PISSN: 08131988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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