Can active lateral canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo mimic a false-positive head thrust test?

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-355

  Heidenreich, Katherine D ^a   Beaudoin, Kelly ^b   White, Judith A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Balance Solutions Physical Therapy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE FIXATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD THRUST TEST; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 69249203811     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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