Postural stability of preoperative acoustic neuroma patients assessed by sway magnetometry: Are they unsteady?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 640-642

  Collins, Melanie M ^a   Johnson, Ian J M ^a   Clifford, Elaine ^b   Birchall, John P ^b   O'Donoghue, Gerald M ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Postural stability; Sway magnetometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037383234     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200304000-00010     Document Type: Article

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