Accuracy of the bedside head impulse test in detecting vestibular hypofunction

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1113-1118

  Jorns Haderli M ^a   Straumann, D ^a   Palla, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR TEST; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOGRAPHY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALORIC TESTS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34848878092     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.109512     Document Type: Article

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