Research Catalog

Title

Balance disorders : a case-study approach / Joseph M. Furman, Stephen P. Cass.

Author

Furman, Joseph M., 1952-

Publication

Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Cass, Stephen P., 1957-

Description

ix, 341 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Subjects

• Postural Balance
• Equilibrium (Physiology) > Case studies
• Vestibular Diseases
• Case Reports
• Dizziness > Case studies
• Vestibular apparatus > Diseases > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case Reports.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Guide for the Reader -- Pt. I. Background for Case Studies. Ch. 1. Vestibular Anatomy and Physiology. Ch. 2. Vestibular Laboratory Testing. Ch. 3. Auditory System and Testing. Ch. 4. Vestibular Rehabilitation -- Pt. II. Tutorial Case Studies. Case T1. History of the Dizzy Patient. Case T2. Physical Examination of the Dizzy Patient. Case T3. Peripheral Vestibular Anatomy and Physiology. Case T4. Central Vestibular Anatomy and Physiology. Case T5. Acute Unilateral Vestibular Loss and Vestibular Compensation. Case T6. Mixed Peripheral and Central Vestibular Impairment. Case T7. Electronystagmography. Case T8. Rotational and Posturography Testing. Case T9. Audiometry -- Pt. III. Common Disease Case Studies. Cast C1. Poor Vestibular Compensation. Case C2. Anxiety and Psychogenic Dizziness. Case C3. Central Vestibular Nystagmus. Case C4. Migraine. Case C5. Vascular Supply of the Central Vestibular System. Case C6. Bilateral Vestibular Loss.
• Cast C7. Cervical Vertigo. Case C8. Labyrinthine Concussion. Case C9. Diagnosis and Treatment of Benign Positional Vertigo. Case C10. Endolymphatic Hydrops. Case C11. Cerebellar Degeneration. Case C12. Childhood Vertigo. Case C13. Solvent Exposure. Case C14. Surgical Treatment of Meniere's Disease. Case C15. Surgical Management of Benign Positional Vertigo. Case C16. Impaired Central Compensation Following Acute Vestibular Injury/Combined Central and Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction. Case C17. Aging and the Vestibular System. Case C18. Treatment of "Nonspecific Vestibulopathy" Case C19. Chronic Middle Ear Disease. Case C20. Otosclerosis. Case C21. Multisensory Disequilibrium. Case C22. Nystagmus Types. Case C23. Perilymphatic Fistula. Case C24. Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease. Case C25. Recurrent Vestibulopathy. Case C26. Multiple Sclerosis -- Pt. IV. Unusual Disease Case Studies. Case U1. Otolith-Ocular Reflex. Case U2. Saccadic Fixation Instabilities.
• Case U3. Midbrain. Case U4. Vascular Supply of the Labyrinth. Case U5. Vascular Compression Syndrome of the Eighth Cranial Nerve. Case U6. Coma. Case U7. Epilepsy and Vertigo. Case U8. Congenital Inner Ear Malformations. Case U9. Wernicke's Encephalopathy. Case U10. Dysautonomia. Case U11. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. Case U12. Syncope. Case U13. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Case U14. Mal de Debarquement Syndrome. Case U15. Prion Disease. Case U16. Drop Attacks. Case U17. Horizontal Semicircular Canal Benign Positional Vertigo.

ISBN

0803601662 (hardcover)

LCCN

95052576

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries