Diagnostic approach of balance in the elderly: Preliminary results;Perfil diagnóstico do idoso portador de desequilíbrio corporal: Resultados preliminares

Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 772-777

  Simoceli, Lucinda ^a   Saraiva Bittar, Roseli Moreira ^a   Bottino, Marco Aurélio ^a   Ferreira Bento, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Imbalance; Vertigo; Vestibular rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SUGAR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAZIL; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 12344336601     PISSN: 00347299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992003000600008     Document Type: Article

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