This article reviews evidence for three mechanisms whereby psychological factors may
aggravate dizziness and retard recovery from balance disorders. Firstly, a common …

Dizziness is a common and often disabling disorder. In some people the cause of their
dizziness is pathology or dysfunction of upper cervical vertebral segments that can be …

Questionnaires assessing symptoms, anxiety and handicap were completed by 127
vertiginous patients. Factor analysis identified four distinct symptom clusters which formed …

Statements encapsulating common beliefs, behaviour and difficulties associated with
vertigo, derived from in‐depth interviews, were used to construct a Vertigo Handicap …

Cervicogenic dizziness is dizziness described as imbalance occurring together with cervical
pain or headache. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of sustained natural …

Abstract Background and Purpose. Physical therapy interventions are often based on
assumed relationships among impairments, functional performance, and disability. The …

BACKGROUND: Cervicogenic dizziness is a disabling condition commonly associated with
cervical dysfunction. Although the growing interest with the importance of normal sagittal …

Background and Purpose. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) is a condition-specific
health status measure for persons with vestibular disease, and the Medical Outcomes Study …

Abstract Space and motion discomfort (SMD) refers to the situational specificity of symptoms
occurring in some patients with vestibular dysfunction, such as those with balance disorders …

The comorbidity of vertigo and anxiety has been an integral component of the medical
literature since antiquity. In the works of Plato, the same terms were used in the context of …