Abstract:The elderly with dizziness and disequilibrium have a higher risk of falls in comparison with the elderly without dizziness or disequilibrium. We should not, therefore, overlook the complaint of dizziness and disequilibrium in the elderly as aging effects. Also, disequilibrium and dizziness in the elderly are often intractable. It may be due to some factors, which are an aging-related functional decline of the sensory and motor organs, deterioration of the postural control system through the central nervous sys… Show more
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