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Predicting Fall Risks in an Elderly Population: Computer Dynamic Posturography Versus Electronystagmography Test Results
- Source :
- The Laryngoscope; September 2001, Vol. 111 Issue: 9 p1528-1532, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Objectives/HypothesisFalls are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for persons aged 65 years and older, with more than 2 million people falling and sustaining serious injury annually. This study compared computer dynamic posturography (CDP) and electronystagmography (ENG) results as predictors of falls.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0023852X and 15314995
- Volume :
- 111
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- The Laryngoscope
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs24914968
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005537-200109000-00008