Vestibular Rehabilitation: Ready for the Mainstream
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Vestibular rehabilitation: ready for the mainstream.
This special issue of NeuroRehabilitation provides a comprehensive overview of vestibular rehabilitation therapy in treatment of balance disorders. The first routine use of vestibular rehabilitation exercises was described more than sixty years ago by Cooksey (Proc. Roy. Soc Med, 39 (1946) 273–278) to alleviate vertigo after surgical labyrinthectomyor concussive (closed head) injuries. This ori...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroRehabilitation
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1878-6448,1053-8135
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2011-0686