Vestibular symptoms and otoneurological findings in retired offshore divers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Goplen, Frederik K ^a,b   Grønning, Marit ^a   Irgens, Ågot ^a   Sundal, Endre ^a   Nordahl, Stein H G ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balance; Barotrauma; Decompression sickness; Inner ear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BAROTRAUMA; BODY POSTURE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PARESIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STABILOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BAROTRAUMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DIZZINESS; EAR, INNER; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34247098940     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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