Patients with chronic dizziness following traumatic head injury typically have multiple diagnoses involving combined peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction

Traumatic head injury (THI) is the commonest cause of disability in young adults [1] and chronic vestibular symptoms (CVS) of dizziness and imbalance are amongst the commonest causes for post-traumatic morbidity affecting up to half of patients at 5 years [2,3]. Vestibular symptoms are an independent predictor of failure to return to work with two-thirds of mild THI patients with vestibular symptoms not back at work at 6 months compared to one-quarter of THI patients without vestibular symptoms [3].
Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Full length article Source Type: research