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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

FEBRERO 2007 N° 1 Volumen 10

Vertigo in the elderly

Section: Hands on

How to quote

Faus Cuñat V, Bernal Valls E, Faus Cuñat J, Bernal Valls R, Renovell Blasco A. El vértigo en el anciano. Metas de Enferm feb 2007; 10(1): 9-12

Authors

1Víctor Faus Cuñat, 2Esther Bernal Valls, 2José Faus Cuñatx, 3Raquel Bernal Valls, 3Abel Renovell Blasco

Position

1Diplomado en Enfermería y Fisioterapia.2Diplomada/o en Enfermería. 3Diplomada/o en Fisioterapia.

Contact address

Albalat, 119, Bajo. 46680 Algemesi, Valencia

Abstract

Vertigo and loss of balance are some of the clinical problems that most badly affect elderly patients, especially in tasks that have to do with the performance of activities of daily life. In many cases, the cause is a vestibular dysfunction affecting over 50% of the elderly population. Fear to falling affects the independence and quality of life of these subjects. The protocols used to assess the severity are Berg´s balance scale, the functional reach test, and Romberg´s test, which are measures of balance determining the type of functional movements that are hard for the patient to perform.

Keywords:

elderly; balance; vestibular systemsubstitution

Versión en Español

Título:

El vértigo en el anciano