The use of virtual reality for people with balance and vestibular disorders: the Pittsburgh experience

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 299-306

  Whitney, Susan L ^a   Sparto, Patrick J ^a   Alahmari, Khalid ^b   Redfern, Mark S ^a   Furman, Joseph M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

DIZZINESS; VESTIBULAR DISEASE; VIRTUAL REALITY

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859520308     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/108331909X12488667117294     Document Type: Article

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