Increased body sway at 3.5-8 Hz in patients with phobic postural vertigo

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-152

  Krafczyk, Siegbert ^a   Schlamp, Veronika ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a   Haberhauer, Peter ^a   Brandt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body sway; Phobic postural vertigo; Posturography; Power spectrum; Psychogenic vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POSTURE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0033556004     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00917-3     Document Type: Article

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