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Posturography and Vertigo

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Whiplash Injuries

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Traumatic damage to the soft tissue in the neck may cause the onset of vertigo and dizziness in a large number of cases [13, 31, 47, 49]. The attacks of vertigo and dizziness may last for months after the injury, although these usually decrease significantly as the neck pain subsides. The dizzy Symptoms which follow even a rather light case of whiplash injury (WI) are usually described in nonspecific terms such as lightheadedness, offbalance, and floating and only a small percentage of patients have a Sensation of spinning or rotatory vertigo [ 1 ].

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  1. Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Istituto di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Sforza 35, Milan, Italy

    A. Cesarani

  2. ENT, Otoneurological Service Scientific Institute S. Maria N.te, F.ne don Gnocchi, via Capecelatro 66, 20148, Milan, Italy

    D. Alpini

  3. Maître de Conférences, Université de Liège, Rue de Bruxelles 21, B-4800, Verviers, Belgium

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  4. Neurototologic and Equilibriometry Society (NES), Bad Kissingen, Germany

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  5. Institut de Posturologie, Av. de Corbera 4, Paris, France

    P. M. Gagey

  6. Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

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  7. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden

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Ghilardi, P.L., Casani, A., Fattori, B. (1996). Posturography and Vertigo. In: Cesarani, A., et al. Whiplash Injuries. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2293-5_17

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