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

BACKGROUND: Dizziness is the most common symptom in elderly patients and has been identified as a risk factor for falls. While BPPV is the most common cause of dizziness among elderly, multisensory deficits is the second, with visual, vestibular and proprioceptive reduced function. Asymmetric vestib...

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Autores principales: Ekvall Hansson, Eva, Magnusson, Måns
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23875891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-77