Head impulse test abnormalities and influence on gait speed and falls in older individuals

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1729-1735

  Agrawal, Yuri ^a   Davalos Bichara, Marcela ^a   Zuniga, Maria Geraldine ^a   Carey, John P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gait; Vestibular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84892819389     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318295313c     Document Type: Article

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