Disability and rehabilitation in the dizzy patient

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Cohen, Helen S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance therapy; Driving; Habituation; Vertigo; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ACCIDENT; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COSMONAUT; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DRIVING ABILITY; EXERCISE; HABITUATION; HEAD INJURY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MICROGRAVITY; MOTION SICKNESS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OSCILLOPSIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SIMULATION; SOLDIER; STUDENT T TEST; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 31644435656     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000194373.08203.33     Document Type: Review

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