Differential diagnosis and management of a patient with peripheral vestibular and central nervous system disorders: A case study

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-165

  Trato, Jill ^a   Johnson, Eric G ^b  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENINGIOMA; PHYSICAL THERAPY; VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION

Indexed keywords

MECLOZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMMON COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REST; STABILOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77956567601     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698110X12640740712491     Document Type: Article

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