Clinical evaluation of elderly people with chronic vestibular disorder Summary

Clinical evaluation of elderly people with chronic vestibular disorder.

UNLABELLED Dizziness is common among the elderly. AIM To characterize social, demographic, clinical, functional and otoneurological data in elderly patients with chronic vestibular disorder. METHOD A sequential study of 120 patients with chronic vestibular disorder. Simple descriptive analyses were undertaken. RESULTS Most of the patients were female (68.3%) with a mean age of 73.40+/-5.7...

Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation Interventions in the Elderly with Chronic Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction

Introduction: Although vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) methods are relatively popular in treating patients with body balance deficits of vestibular origin, only limited studies have been conducted into customized exercises for unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH). Furthermore, very little evidence is available on the outcomes of VRT in the elderly population with chronic UVH. Materi...

Functional balance associated factors in the elderly with chronic vestibular disorder Summary

Factors relating to depressive symptoms among elderly people with chronic vestibular dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE To identify factors relating to depressive symptoms among elderly people with chronic vestibular dysfunction. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study in which 120 elderly people with chronic vestibular dysfunction answered the Geriatric Depression Scale questionnaire. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed (p<0.05 and 95% CI). RESULTS The patients presented a mean s...

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems of Geriatric Headache

There is no difference in clinical characteristics of headache between old individuals and younger’s. However, differential diagnosis of migrainous aura and transient ischemic attacks may be difficult in old people who frequently have vascular risk factors. Old people have less headache than the young’s. Chronic tension headache is the most common primary type of headache in the elderly. Chroni...