Presbyequilibrium in the oldest old, a combination of vestibular, oculomotor and postural deficits

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 364-371

  Tuunainen, Eeva ^a   Poe, Dennis ^b   Jäntti, Pirkko ^c   Varpa, Kirsi ^a   Rasku, Jyrki ^a   Toppila, Esko ^d   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

BPPV; Dizziness; Oldest old; Positional nystagmus; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EYE MOVEMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; PRESBYEQUILIBRIUM; PRESYNCOPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; STABILOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VERTIGO;

EID: 84861965223     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/7623     Document Type: Article

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