Impact of dizziness on the life quality of elderly with chronic vestibulopathy;Impacto da tontura na qualidade de vida de idosos com vestibulopatia crônica

Pro-Fono

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-432

  Dos Santos, Erika Maria ^a   Gazzola, Juliana Maria ^b   Ganança, Cristina Freitas ^a   Caovilla, Heloisa Helena ^a   Ganança, Fernando Freitas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Bandeirante de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Dizziness; Quality of life; Vestibular diseases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79251564764     PISSN: 01045687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-56872010000400011     Document Type: Article

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