The effect of a new treatment based on somatosensory stimulation in a group of patients with somatically related tinnitus

International Tinnitus Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Latifpour, David Homayoun ^a,c   Grenner, Jan ^b   Sjödahl, Catharina ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Physiotherapy treatment; Somatosensory stimulation; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; NECK MUSCLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349506726     PISSN: 09465448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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