Impacts of small vestibular schwannoma on community ambulation, postural, and ocular control

Impacts of small vestibular schwannoma on community ambulation, postural, and ocular control

Objectives/Hypothesis To investigate balance, community mobility, gaze instability, and dizziness handicap and assess falls risk in people who are conservatively managed with small vestibular schwannoma (VS). Study Design Cross‐sectional study with controls. Methods The study involved 18 people (mea...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Laryngoscope 2017-05, Vol.127 (5), p.1147-1152
Hauptverfasser: Low Choy, Nancy L., Lucey, Mary‐Therese M., Lewandowski, Susan L., Panizza, Benedict J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accidental Falls
Adult
Age
Aged
Balance
Case-Control Studies
conservative management
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disability Evaluation
dizziness
Dizziness - etiology
Dizziness - physiopathology
Falls
Female
Fixation, Ocular
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
mobility
Mobility Limitation
Neuroma, Acoustic - complications
Neuroma, Acoustic - physiopathology
Ocular Motility Disorders - etiology
Ocular Motility Disorders - physiopathology
Postural Balance
quality of life
Risk Assessment
Risk factors
Vertigo
Vestibular
vestibular schwannoma
vestibulo‐ocular control
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives/Hypothesis To investigate balance, community mobility, gaze instability, and dizziness handicap and assess falls risk in people who are conservatively managed with small vestibular schwannoma (VS). Study Design Cross‐sectional study with controls. Methods The study involved 18 people (mean age 58.7 ± 12.2 years) diagnosed with VS (
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1002/lary.26105