Acrophobia and pathological height vertigo: Indications for vestibular physical therapy?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 443-458

  Whitney, Susan L ^a,b   Jacob, Rolf G ^c   Sparto, Patrick J ^a   Olshansky, Ellen F ^a   Detweiler Shostak, Gail ^c   Brown, Emily L ^a,c   Furman, Joseph M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Centers for Rehab Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrophobia; Dizziness; Height phobia; Physical therapy; Vestibular rehabilitation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACROPHOBIA; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EXPOSURE; HEIGHT VERTIGO; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 17844363032     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.5.443     Document Type: Article

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