OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of imipramine on the treatment of comorbid chronic dizziness and panic disorder. METHOD Nine patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia associated with chronic dizziness underwent otoneurological screening and were treated with a 3-months course of imipramine. Anxiety levels were measured with the Hamilton An...

OBJECTIVES Cerebral vascular diseases are detect- able by CT/MRI-based methods. Drawbacks of these methods are that they are expensive, time-consuming and intolerable to critically ill patients. Ultrasound, as an inexpensive bedside method, promises to become an alternative. Among other harmonic imaging methods, the diminution harmonic imaging (DHI) method is known, which determines perfusion-r...

UNLABELLED Dizziness is frequent in elderly people. AIMS To evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) in elderly subjects with dizziness, relate it with gender and age. MATERIAL AND METHOD A prospective study comprising 120 elderly patients with dizziness evaluated with Brazilian versions of the Whoqol-bref and the dizziness handicap inventory (DHI). The factor analysis (FA), the Mann Whitney and ...

Abstract The paper comprises of an application a multi-faceted physically based two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic model to simulate the transport phenomena Loktak Lake, including water quality for which there is consensus that it deteriorating due river discharge from sub-catchments carrying sewage loads, soil sediments and agricultural fertilizers, therefore, has emerged as serious environment...

Central to understanding the photochemical function(s) of melanosomes is the determination of their absorption properties and an understanding of how the absorption varies with themolecular composition of melanin. Herein, the absorption coefficients for melanosomes containing predominantly eumelanin, a polymeric pigment derived from the molecular precursors 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) and5,6-dihy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short-term effects of vestibular rehabilitation on symptom, disability, balance, and postural stability in patients with chronic unilateral vestibular dysfunction. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital. PARTICIPANTS Patients (N=42) with chronic vestibular dysfunction were divided into e...

BACKGROUND Many Canadians are affected by sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and those with severe or profound hearing loss may have poor hearing function despite optimized hearing aids. Cochlear implants (CI) offer effective hearing rehabilitation for these patients, however, concern continues to exist regarding possible effects of CI on the vestibular system and balance. The objective of this ...

In the human brain, the dominant hemisphere is more complex than the non-dominant hemisphere. Hence, cerebral ischemia of the dominant hemisphere often leads to serious consequences. This study aims to establish a rodent model of focal cerebral ischemia in the dominant hemisphere. The quadruped feeding test was used to screen 70 male Sprague Dawley rats. From this test, 48 rats with right paw p...

INTRODUCTION Visual stimuli can induce vestibular adaptation and recovery of body balance. OBJECTIVE To verify the effect of visual stimuli by digital images on vestibular and body balance rehabilitation of peripheral vestibular disorders. METHODS Clinical, randomized, prospective study. Forty patients aged between 23 and 63 years with chronic peripheral vestibular disorders underwent 12 se...