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Factors associated with the history of falls of elderly assisted by the Family Health Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study aims at identifying the sociodemographic, clinical-functional and psycho-cognitive factors associated with the history of falls of community-dwelling elderly individuals assisted by Programa Saúde da Família (PSF - Family Health Program).
Coimbra, Arlete Maria Valente   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Blood glucose and insulin levels in patients with peripheral vestibular disease Avaliação da curva glicoinsulinêmica nos pacientes com vestibulopatia periférica

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2009
Metabolic disorders can cause dizziness. AIM: to study the prevalence of glucose and glucose-insulin alterations in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders by studying the four-hour glucose-insulin curve; to check at what time there was the highest
Ana Paula Serra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vestibulo-ocular reflex and the head impulse test

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2012
The authors highlights the importance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex examination through the head impulse test as a diagnostic method for vestibular dysfunction as well as, and primarily, a bedside semiotic resource capable of differentiating between ...
Eliana T. Maranhão   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological assessment in patients with phobic postural vertigo Avaliação psicológica em pacientes com vertigem postural fóbica

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2010
Phobic postural vertigo (PPV) is a frequent diagnosis which can be challenging to treat. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of psychiatric disturbances in patients with PPV; to assess the psychological status of patients using adaptive diagnosis; to ...
Liliani Souza dos Santos Ferreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of different protocols for vestibular rehabilitation in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
PURPOSE: To compare the therapeutic efficacy of two protocols for vestibular rehabilitation in several vestibular disordes. METHODS: Twenty patients with chronic peripheral disorders of both genders (prevalence of females, with 60% of the sample) and ...
Chiari, Brasilia Maria   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Vestibular migraine: diagnosis challenges and need for targeted treatment

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2016
Approximately 1% of the general population suffers from vestibular migraine. Despite the recently published diagnostic criteria, it is still underdiagnosed condition.
Felipe Barbosa, Thaís Rodrigues Villa
doaj   +1 more source

Posturography with virtual reality stimuli in different vestibular dysfunctions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
PURPOSE: To assess body balance and to quantify possible alterations over the static posturography of the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU TM) in patients with vestibular dysfunction.
Ganança, Cristina Freitas   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

Head and shoulder alignment among patients with unilateral vestibular hypofunction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
OBJECTIVES: To investigate head and shoulder alignment among patients with unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH), using computerized biophotogrammetry (CB) and to correlate these measurements with gender, age, duration of clinical evolution, self ...
Coelho Júnior, Adamar N.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Instrumento de evaluación de la calidad de vida para hipertensos de Bulpitt y Fletcher [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Este estudo realizou a tradução para o português e a validação do questionário específico para avaliação da qualidade de vida em hipertensos de Bulpitt e Fletcher.
GUSMÃO, Josiane Lima de   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Queixas de tontura em indivíduos com hipotireoidismo congênito em idade escolar e suas implicações nas habilidades acadêmicas e comunicativas

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas, 2020
Introdução: o hipotireoidismo congênito (HC) pode causar danos nas estruturas do sistema vestibular ocasionando sintomas de tontura que pode acarretar em implicações nas habilidades linguísticas e acadêmicas dos indivíduos.
Elen Pereira de Jesus   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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