Challenges and Opportunities in Managing the Dizzy Older Adult
(2011) AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO 144(5). p.651-656- Abstract
- Balance disorders are common in elderly people, not only resulting in distressing sensations but also leading to reduced activity levels and quality of life. It has been estimated that 30% of elderly patients experience a balance disorder. Managing these disorders is a substantial challenge for patients and their caregivers and physicians. Moreover, abnormalities in balance are associated with falls, a major cause of morbidity and mortality for elderly people. Management is complicated by the inherent difficulties in assessing the generic complaint of dizziness, as well as the likelihood of multiple, often nonvestibular causes. The authors of this mini-seminar review both vestibular and nonvestibular causes of balance disorders in elderly... (More)
- Balance disorders are common in elderly people, not only resulting in distressing sensations but also leading to reduced activity levels and quality of life. It has been estimated that 30% of elderly patients experience a balance disorder. Managing these disorders is a substantial challenge for patients and their caregivers and physicians. Moreover, abnormalities in balance are associated with falls, a major cause of morbidity and mortality for elderly people. Management is complicated by the inherent difficulties in assessing the generic complaint of dizziness, as well as the likelihood of multiple, often nonvestibular causes. The authors of this mini-seminar review both vestibular and nonvestibular causes of balance disorders in elderly people, emphasizing practical therapeutic maneuvers that can be used. (Less)
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- author
- Wetmore, Stephen J. ; Eibling, David E. ; Goebel, Joel A. ; Gottshall, Kim R. ; Hoffer, Michael E. ; Magnusson, Måns LU and Raz, Yael
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- balance, equilibrium, BPPV, PREHAB, vestibular rehabilitation, vestibular exercises, polypharmacy, falls prevention, benign paroxysmal, positional vertigo, geriatrics
- host publication
- Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
- volume
- 144
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 651 - 656
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- conference name
- AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO
- conference dates
- 2010-09-25 - 2010-09-29
- external identifiers
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- wos:000293998600001
- scopus:80051707137
- pmid:21493351
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
- DOI
- 10.1177/0194599810397493
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 2e2a355c-e31d-4652-80f7-abbd68418feb (old id 2161874)
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- 2016-04-01 13:34:01
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