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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2015

Vertigo and Dizziness in the Elderly.

Lara Fernández, Hayo A Breinbauer, Paul Hinckley Delano

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03412708 (The Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy Supported With Virtual Reality on Dizziness and Balance in the Elderly Patients With Dizziness), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03412708 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy Supported With Virtual Reality on Dizziness and Balance in the Elderly Patients With Dizziness

TypeinterventionalSponsorPamukkale UniversityRan2017 to 2018Enrolled32ConditionsDizziness, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Virtual RealityArmsVestibular Rehabilitation supported with Virtual Reality
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Early detection of hearing loss in older adults: the public audiology service in Italy, 2021-2023.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2026
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  18. The social problem of presbystasis and the role of vestibular rehabilitation in elderly patients: a review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lara FernándezOtolaryngology Department, Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile , Santiago , Chile.
Hayo A BreinbauerOtolaryngology Department, San Juan de Dios Hospital, University of Chile , Santiago , Chile ; Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo , Santiago , Chile.
Paul Hinckley DelanoOtolaryngology Department, Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile , Santiago , Chile ; Physiology and Biophysics Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Medicine Faculty, University of Chile , Santiago , Chile.
Clínica Alemana · CLHospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile · CLUniversity of Chile · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of vertigo and dizziness in people aged more than 60 years reaches 30%, and due to aging of world population, the number of patients is rapidly increasing. The presence of dizziness in the elderly is a strong predictor of falls, which is the leading cause of accidental death in people older than 65 years. Balance disorders in the elderly constitute a major public health problem, and require an adequate diagnosis and management by trained physicians. In the elderly, common causes of vertigo may manifest differently, as patients tend to report less rotatory vertigo and more non-specific dizziness and instability than younger patients, making diagnosis more complex. In this mini review, age-related degenerative processes that affect balance are presented. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches oriented to the specific impaired system, including visual, proprioceptive, and vestibular pathways, are proposed. In addition, presbystasis - the loss of vestibular and balance functions associated with aging - benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and stroke (in acute syndromes) should always be considered.

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agingdizzinesselderlyfallspresbystasisvertigo

Identifiers

PMID26167157
PMCPMC4481149
OpenAlexW1959166519

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