Vestibular function, falls and hip fracture in elderly - A relationship study

Harefuah

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Zur, Oz ^a   Carmeli, Eli ^b   Himellfarb, Mordechi ^c   Berner, Yitshal N ^b  

^a Israeli Ctr Treating Vertigo/B D   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Femoral neck fracture; Vertigo; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REHABILITATION; RETIREMENT; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; HOME FOR THE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 3042704361     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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