title: Post-traumatic balance disorder.
abstract: The causes of balance disorder are many and various, and the subjective syndrome of cranial trauma patients is diagnosed by elimination. Progress in otoneurologic functional exploration and brain imaging, however, now generally allow this functional complaint to be given an objective basis. In recent years, new diagnoses have improved recognition of such pathologies in the appraisal of corporal injury for compensation purposes. The present article seeks to detail etiology and, by a review of the literature, to determine factors liable to influence management and appraisal in particular.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, hôpital européen, 6, rue Désirée-Clary, 13003 Marseille, France. Electronic address: melziere@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elzière
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, Ramsay générale de santé, hôpital Clairval, 13009 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Devèze
authors.affiliation: UMR T24, IFSTTAR, laboratoire biomécanique appliqué, Aix-Marseille université, 13915 Marseille cedex, France; Service de médecine légale et droit de la santé, Aix-Marseille université, UFR médecine Timone, 27, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.affiliation: 18, rue Gounod, 06000 Nice, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Appraisal; Balance disorder; Cranial trauma; Diagnostic decision-tree; Vertigo