Head injury and blast exposure: Vestibular consequences

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-334

  Akin, Faith W ^a,b   Murnane, Owen D ^a,b  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injuries; Dizziness; Postural balance; Saccule and utricle; Traumatic brain injury; Vestibular function tests; Vestibular labyrinth

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; HEAD TILTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOLITH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR TEST; VETERAN;

BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79953295784     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.01.005     Document Type: Review

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