Effect of hypnotic drugs on body balance and standing steadiness

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Mets, Monique A J ^a   Volkerts, Edmund R ^a   Olivier, Berend ^a   Verster, Joris C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Body sway; Hypnotics; Postural sway; Standing steadiness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPIDEM; AMISULPRIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; MIZOLASTINE; NITRAZEPAM; PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FALLING; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; STANDING; WAKEFULNESS;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PIPERAZINES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PYRIDINES; PYRIMIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 77953026678     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2009.10.008     Document Type: Review

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