The Sharpened Romberg Test for assessing ataxia in mild acute mountain sickness

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-66

  Johnson, Brian G ^a   Wright, Alex D ^b   Beazley, Margaret F ^c   Harvey, Timothy C ^b   Hillenbrand, Peter ^d   Imray, Christopher H E ^e  

^a BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Laurie Pike Health Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude; Ataxia; Cerebral regional oxygenation; High altitude cerebral edema; Sharpened Romberg Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHARPENED ROMBERG TEST; SYMPTOM;

EID: 20444371547     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR02-04.1     Document Type: Article

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