Effect of age on body balance and on the results of the video head impulse test in patients with heart failure
Gizele Francisco Ferreira do Nascimento,
José Diniz Júnior,
Rosiane Viana Zuza Diniz
et al.
Abstract:Purpose to verify whether there is an association between the clinical assessment of balance and the gain in the vestibulo-ocular reflex with advancing age in patients with heart failure. Methods analytical-descriptive, observational cross-sectional study, which included patients diagnosed with heart failure, divided into two groups by age (G1, under 60 years old and G2, 60 years old or older). The patients were evaluated through anamnesis, cardiac assessment, clinical assessment of body balance (cerebellar f… Show more
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