Elderly falls associated with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo Summary
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Elderly falls associated with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
UNLABELLED Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) can cause falls, especially in the elderly. AIM to study whether or not elderly patients with BPPV have a reduction on their falls after the particle repositioning maneuver (PRM). MATERIALS AND METHODS retrospective study including elderly with BPPV who had fall(s) during the last year. All patients were submitted to the PRM according t...
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