Rehabilitation in vestibular system diseases
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Vestibular rehabilitation.
Vestibular dysfunction has many etiologies. Symptoms including vertigo and imbalance may severely hamper life-style, causing the afflicted individual to seek medical attention. For many patients with vestibular complaints a cure is not available. However, the physician is often called upon to relieve incapacitating symptoms. The purpose of this article is to discuss vestibular rehabilitation as...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology, neuropsychiatry, Psychosomatics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2310-1342,2074-2711
DOI: 10.14412/2074-2711-2013-2392