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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"dizziness"”.
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Cervical influence on dizziness and orientation
… findings accompanying possible cervicogenic dizziness and to evaluate the influence of cervical proprioception on head orientation. Two devices, measuring cervical range of motion, were compared: Myrin, an inclinometer/compass method and Zebris®, a 3-dimensional ultrasound movement analyser. …
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Dizziness and fear of falling: A behavioural and physiological approach to Phobic Postural Vertigo
Dizziness is a common problem and it often co-exists with anxiety. Level of anxiety is the best predictor of handicap for dizzy patients. There is diagnostic controversy and few treatment programs for such patients. These patients can be labeled as panic disorder with agoraphobia or by the concept …
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Falls and dizziness in frail older people. Predictors, experiences and the effects of a case management intervention
… of falls increases with age and frailty level. Dizziness is a strong risk factor for falls, and preventing falls and dizziness in older people is essential. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate risk factors for falls or dizziness and to explore older people’s experiences of living …
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Dizziness and falls rate changes after routine cataract surgery and the influence of visual and refractive factors
Purpose: To determine whether symptoms of dizziness and fall rates change due to routine cataract surgery and to determine the influence of visual and refractive factors on these common problems in older adults. Methods: Self-reported dizziness and falls were determined in 287 subjects (mean age of …
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The presence and nature of dizziness in adults living with HIV attending HIV clinics in the Western Cape
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Clinicians' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards evidence-based practice using clinical presentations of dizziness and vertigo as an exemplar
… there is some suggestion that EBP regarding dizziness is sub-optimal in wealthy countries, and little is known about CPG use in LMIC, particularly across the professions that would be expected to use them. However, despite the availability and proliferation of evidence in the health sciences, …
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Galvos svaigimai. Pacientų slaugos ypatumai /
Head Dizziness. Features of Patients Care The Author: student Akvilė Kanaporytė, nursing bachelor program at Vilnius University. Work Leader: Zita Gierasimovič, Vilnius university faculty of medicine, department of nursing and fundamentals of internal medicine. 2017-05-16, Vilnius Work size: 48 …
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Assessment and treatment of dizzy patients in primary health care.
Dizziness is a common reason for visits to primary health care, especially among elderly patients. From a physiotherapeutic perspective, this thesis aims to study the assessment and treatment of dizzy patients in primary health care. Interventions in papers I, III and IV comprised a vestibular …
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Co-diagnosis Frequency of Peripheral Vestibular Disorders and Physical Therapy
Dizziness is among the most common reasons that people consult a physician. The two most common causes of dizziness related to peripheral vestibular dysfunction are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and vestibular hypofunction (VH). Physical therapy (PT) is an effective component of the …
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Effects of Neck Muscle Fatigue on the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
… in any of these sensory systems can result in dizziness, loss of balance, and visual instability. While the contributions of the visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems on visual stability have been well described in the literature, contribution of cervical spine somatosensation on visual …
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Baseline Prevalence Study of Hendrich II Fall Risk Assessment Tool at a Local Community Hospital
… revealed students and nurses scored the dizziness/vertigo part of Hendrich II differently (<em>p</em> = 5.51<sup>-10</sup>). Similarly, students and nurses scored the Get-Up-And-Go part differently as well (<em>p</em> = 0.05). A literature review of other fall risk assessment tools was …
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Effect of Vestibular Adaptation Exercises on Chronic Motion Sensitivity
<p>Dizziness is one of the most common complaints reported to primary care physicians. It is often associated with vestibular dysfunction and typically impacts postural stability. Motion sickness, or motion sensitivity, is stimulated by abnormal spatial orientation and is a common symptom related …
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Right Hemisphere Activation to Rotary Stress in High and Low Hostile Men
… utility of this model to stress by positing mild dizziness as a potential frontal lobe stressor demonstrating hostility group differences in sympathetic arousal. Dizziness was induced by brief clockwise angular rotation about the vertical neuroaxis. Consistent with vestibular research indicating …
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Pharmacological Interventions in Atrial Fibrillation
… like an irregular heart rate, palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, and fatigue. This M.D. thesis will present a general review on each of the important aspects of atrial fibrillation such as epidemiology, risk factors, etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. …
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Psychophysiological Effects of Respiratory Challenges before and after Breathing Training in Panic Disorder and Patients suffering from Episodic Anxiety Attacks
… tense, and worried than NAC, and felt more dizziness, chest pain, and nausea during the laboratory assessment. However, increases in psychological symptoms or physiological sensations from baseline to the paced breathing segments were not different between groups. The two tests produced …
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Quantifying the Cognitive, Symptomatic and Neuroendocrine Impact of the Coriolis Illusion; A Countermeasure for Motion Sickness
… aviation illusions, and its consequences include dizziness, confusion, nausea and fatigue. The present research evaluated the severity of cognitive, neuroendocrine and subjective symptoms of the Coriolis illusion, induced by a spatial disorientation flight training device. Also, the research …
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Concussion Recovery and Skilled Performance in Working-Aged Adults: Sex Differences in the Neural Correlates of Persisting Symptoms After Concussion
… and feedback reversal). Symptom severity, dizziness, cortical volumes and thickness, and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) were assessed. Females demonstrated slower CMI task performance, reduced cortical volume (left cuneus and superior frontal), thinner cortex (left precuneus), …
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Baseline Prevalence Study of Hendrich II Fall-Risk Assessment Tool at a Local Community Hospital
… improve on two components of HFRM II: assessing dizziness and vertigo, and Get Up and Go Test. Furthermore, in 40% of cases PMAT was not completed, likely due to labor-intensiveness and being a relatively new practice.</p>
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Human Versus Computer Algorithmic Measurements of Caloric Response: Implications for Test Analysis
… using identical protocols on adults with dizziness. Outcomes of total eye speed (TES) and unilateral weakness (UW%) were compared between examiner-modified tracings and automated algorithms. Results: Algorithms erroneously selected artifact in 9.7% of tests. Examiner cleaning resulted in a …
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ALTERED HEMODYNAMIC, NEUROHUMORAL, AND BRAIN METABOLITE PROFILES IN CHILDREN WITH ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE AND CHRONIC NAUSEA
… that leads to debilitating symptoms of dizziness, fatigue, nausea, and fainting. The development of OI is poorly understood and a variety of cardiovascular responses occur with standing including exaggerated tachycardia, hypotension, and syncope. OI is associated with functional …
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