Treatment of Benign Positional Vertigo in the Elderly: A Randomized Trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 827-831

  Salvinelli, Fabrizio ^a   Trivelli, Maurizio ^a   Casale, Manuele ^a   Firrisi, Luca ^a   Di Peco, Valerio ^a   D'Ascanio, Luca ^a   Greco, Fabio ^a   Miele, Angela ^a   Petitti, Tommaso ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal vertigo; Older adults; Quality of life; Treatment strategies

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; FLUNARIZINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIX HALLPIKE POSITIONING MANEUVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REHABILITATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SEMONT LIBERATORY MANEUVER; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FLUNARIZINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERTIGO;

EID: 2442561643     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200405000-00007     Document Type: Article

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