Background: dizziness impact on the quality of life (QoL) of elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction. Aim: to evaluate the association between the impact of dizziness on the QoL of elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction and demographic and clinical variables. Method: a prospective study. A hundred and twenty elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction underwe...

BACKGROUND Pregabalin is a therapeutic drug for neuropathic pain that is associated with somnolence and dizziness. These adverse events are often experienced shortly after initiating pregabalin, and may lead to treatment discontinuation. The purpose of this study was to explore factors that influence the incidence of somnolence and dizziness induced by pregabalin, and to identify patients at hi...

OBJECTIVE The smooth pursuit neck torsion test is thought to be a measure of neck afferent influence on eye movement control and is useful in assessing subjects with whiplash, especially those complaining of dizziness. Nevertheless, it is not known whether impairments identified relate only to abnormal cervical afferentation or are influenced by levels of anxiety or neck pain. DESIGN A prospe...

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 ...

Introduction Cervical pain contributes to postural deviations and imbalance. Nanotechnology may be used for the treatment of neck pain by fixing to the skin small rounds silicone patches containing double spiral carbon nanotubes arranged in the form of a coil (Helical), which would then relieve dizziness caused by muscular contraction. Objective The objective of this study is to Evaluate pain a...

BACKGROUND Dizziness impact on the quality of life (QoL) of elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction. AIM To evaluate the association between the impact of dizziness on the QoL of elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction and demographic and clinical variables. METHOD A prospective study. A hundred and twenty elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction underw...

INTRODUCTION Although cerebral small vessel disease is a significant contributor to the development of imbalance and falls in the elderly, whether it causes dizziness is not known. METHODS A retrospective case analysis was conducted for 122 dizzy patients referred to two neuro-otology tertiary centres in London and Pisa. Patients were divided into 'explained' causes of dizziness (e.g. benign ...

BACKGROUND Dizziness is one of the most challenging symptoms in medicine. No medication for dizziness in current use has well-established curative or prophylactic value or is suitable for long-term palliative use. Unconventional remedies, such as acupuncture, should be considered and scientifically evaluated. However, there has been relatively little evidence in randomized controlled clinical t...

INTRODUCTION  Advancing age increases the risk for a number of chronic diseases. Hypertension and dizziness are highly prevalent in the elderly population and represent major health problems. OBJECTIVE  To verify the association between complaints of dizziness and the presence of hypertension in non-institutionalized elders. METHOD  This was a prospective cross-sectional cohort study of the...

CONCLUSION Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and especially hot flushes are negatively associated with recovery from menopause-related dizziness. A further study is justified to determine whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can shorten this recovery time. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare the rate of recovery from dizziness between patients who had VMS and those who did not. We also evaluat...