Vestibular rehabilitation of older adults with dizziness

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 473-496

  Alrwaily, Muhammad ^a   Whitney, Susan L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Elderly; Vertigo; Vestibular rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; BALANCE DISORDER; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BREATHING; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENIERE DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESYNCOPE; REVIEW; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TAI CHI; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; MENIERE DISEASE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 79953314793     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.01.015     Document Type: Review

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