Vestibular asymmetry predicts falls among elderly patients with multi- sensory dizziness

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ekvall Hansson, Eva ^a   Magnusson, Måns ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Falls; Prospective; Vestibular asymmetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; VESTIBULE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SWEDEN; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84880335937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-77     Document Type: Article

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