Sensory organization test in elderly patients with and without vestibular dysfunction

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 962-965

  Pedalini, Maria Elisabete Bovino ^a   Cruz, Oswaldo Laércio Mendonça ^b   Bittar, Roseli Saraiva Moreira ^a   Lorenzi, Maria Cecília ^a   Grasel, Signe Schuster ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Balance; Dynamic posturography; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350350182     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802468930     Document Type: Article

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