The treatment of diseases related to balance disorders in the elderly and the effectiveness of vestibular rehabilitation

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-298

  Bittar, Roseli Saraiva Moreira ^a   Simoceli, Lucinda ^a   Pedalini, Maria Elisabete Bovino ^a   Bottino, Marco Aurélio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Balance diseases; Elderly; Vestibular rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION; REMISSION; THERAPY EFFECT; THYROID DISEASE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 38449122643     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1808-8694(15)30071-9     Document Type: Article

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