Health care practice patterns for balance disorders in the elderly

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2539-2543

  Roberts, Daniel S ^a,b   Lin, Harrison W ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance disorders; dizziness; elderly; geriatric; vertigo

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; MECLOZINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; STEROID;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHIROPRACTIC; CONCUSSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EAR INFECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QIGONG; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TAI CHI; YOGA;

BALANCE DISORDERS; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY; GERIATRIC; VERTIGO;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

EID: 84884982714     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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