RT Book, Section
A1 Fetter, Michael
A2 Herdman, Susan J.
A2 Clendaniel, Richard A.
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ID 1135014743
T1 Vestibular System Disorders
T2 Vestibular Rehabilitation
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803639706
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135014743
RD 2024/04/20
AB Peripheral  vestibular  dysfunction,  which  involves  the  vestibular  end  organs  and/or  the  vestibular  nerve,  can  produce  a  variety  of  signs  and  symptoms.  A  thorough  evaluation  by  a  physician  is  needed  to  identify  the  specific  pathology  behind  the  patient's  complaints  of  vertigo  or  disequilibrium.  Patient  history  is  the  main  key  for  diagnosis,  supported  by  a  careful  otoneurologic  examination.  Determining  whether  vestibular  rehabilitation  is  appropriate  and,  if  it  is,  which  approach  should  be  used  is  based  in  part  on  the  patient's  diagnosis.  This  chapter  describes  the  clinical  presentation  of  the  more  common  peripheral  vestibular  disorders.  The  results  of  diagnostic  tests,  and  the  medical,  surgical,  and  rehabilitative  management  of  each  of  these  disorders  is  presented  as  an  overview  only,  because  this  material  is  covered  in  detail  in  other  chapters.