Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of somatosensory tinnitus: A scoping review

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Haider, Haúla F ^a   Hoare, Derek J ^b   Costa, Raquel F P ^c   Potgieter, Iskra ^b   Kikidis, Dimitris ^d   Lapira, Alec ^e   Nikitas, Christos ^d   Caria, Helena ^f,g   Cunha, Nuno T ^h   Paço, João C ^a  

^a NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^h HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cross modal; Physical therapy; Physiotherapy; Somatosensation; Somatosensory; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACUPUNCTURE; CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAW MOVEMENT; LOUDNESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOMATIC MODULATION THERAPY; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STOMATOGNATHIC THERAPY; STRETCHING; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85019094821     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00207     Document Type: Review

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