Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the elderly

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 408-412

  Batuecas Caletrio, Angel ^a   Trinidad Ruiz, Gabriel ^b   Zschaeck, Christiane ^c   Del Pozo De Dios, Juan Carlos ^a   De Toro Gil, Laura ^c   Martin Sanchez, Victor ^a   Martin Sanz, Eduardo ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Falls; Imbalance; Unsteadiness; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSATION; UNSTEADINESS; CONTROLLED STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 84883456103     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351204     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bronstein A, Lempert T: Dizziness. A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p 174.
2. Perez N, Garmendia I, Martin E, Boleas MS, Garcia-Tapia R: Health measurement instruments in patients with vertigo. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2000; 51: 677-685.
3. Salvinelli F, Trivelli M, Casale M, Firrisi L, Di peco V, D'Ascanio L, Greco F, Miele A, Petitti T, Bernabei R: Treatment of benign positional vertigo in the elderly: A randomized trial. Laryngoscope 2004; 114: 827-831.
4. Fife TD, Iverson DJ, Lempert T, Furman JM, Baloh RW, Tusa RJ, Hain TC, Herdman S, Morrow MJ, Gronseth GS: Practice parameter: Therapies for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2008; 70: 2067-2074.
5. Lawson J, Johnson I, Bamiou DE, Newton JL: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Clinical characteristics of dizzy patients referred to a falls and syncope unit. QJM 2005; 98: 357-364.
6. Perez P, Franco V, Cuesta P, Aldama P, Alvarez MJ, Mendez JC: Recurrence of benign pa roxysmal positional vertigo. Otol Neurotol 2012; 33: 437-443.
7. Jang YS, Hwang CH, Shin JY, Bae WY, Kim LS: Age-related changes on the morphology of the otoconia. Laryngoscope 2006; 116: 996-1000.
8. Angeli SI, Hawley R, Gomez O: Systematic approach to benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the elderly. Otolaringol Head Neck Surg 2003; 128: 719-725.
9. Celebiosy N, Bayam E, Gulec F: Balance in posterior and horizontal canal type benign paroxysmal positional vertigo before and after canalith repositioning maneuvers. Gait Posture 2009; 29: 520-523.
10. Oghalai JS, Manolidis S, Marth JL: Unrecognized benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in elderly patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000; 122: 630-634.
11. Rubenstein LZ, Robbins AS, Schulman BL, Rosado J, Osterweil D, Josephson KR: Falls and instability in the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998; 36: 266-278.
12. Soto Varela A, Rossi Izquierdo M, Martinez Capoccini G, Labella Caballero T, Santos Perez S: Benign paroxismal positional vértigo of the posterior semicircular canal: Efficacy of Santiago treatment protocol, long term follow up and analysis of recurrence. J Laryngol Otol 2012; 126: 363-371.
13. von Brevern M, Seelig T, Neuhauser H, Lempert T: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo predominantly affect right labyrinth. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75: 1487-1488.
14. Lopez Escamez JA, Gamiz MJ, Fiñana MG, Perez AF, Canet IS: Position in bed is associated with left or right location in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal. Am J Otolaryngol 2002; 23: 263-266.
15. Gamiz MJ, López-Escamez JA: Health-related quality of life in patients over sixty years old with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Gerontology 2004; 50: 82-86.
16. Prokopakis E, Vlastos IM, Tsagournisakis M, Christodoulou P, Kawauchi H, Velegrakis G: Canalith repositioning procedures among 965 patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Audiol Neurootol 2012; 18: 83-88.
17. Johnsson LG: Degenerative changes and anomalies of the vestibular system in man. Laryngoscope 1971; 81: 1682-1694.
18. Ross MD, Peacor D, Johnsson LG, Allard LF: Observations on normal and degenerating human otoconia. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1976; 85: 310-312.
19. Kasse CA, Gaspar-Santana G, Alves Branco- Barreiro FC, Coelho Scharlach RC, Gazzola JM, Freitas Gananca F, Dona F: Postural control in older patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2012; 146: 809-815.
20. Brandt T, Huppert D, Hecht J, Karch C, Strupp M: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Arch Otolaryngol 1980; 106: 484-485.