Balance problems

By Mayo Clinic Staff
June 18, 2020

Research

Mayo Clinic doctors and scientists are studying new ways to diagnose and treat balance problems. Specific efforts include developing clinical tests that help evaluate the function of specific components within the vestibular system, and finding links between personality types, specific genes and the risk of developing chronic dizziness.

The Dizziness and Balance Disorders Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has a multidisciplinary team researching a range of conditions affecting balance. The Aerospace Medicine and Vestibular Research Laboratory investigates and develops strategies to enhance human health and performance in the aerospace environment, encompassing the mitigation of motion and simulator sickness.

Publications

See a list of publications about balance problems by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

  1. Furman JM, et al. Evaluation of the patient with vertigo. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  2. Balance disorders. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Diseases (NIDCD). https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance-disorders. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  3. Rakel RE, et al., eds. Otorhinolaryngology. In: Textbook of Family Medicine. 9th ed. Elsevier Saunders; 2016. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  4. Hyun AH, et al. Hemodynamic orthostatic dizziness/vertigo: Diagnostic criteria. 2019; doi:10.3233/VES-190655.
  5. Walls RM, et al., eds. Dizziness and vertigo. In: Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 9th ed. Elsevier; 2018. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  6. Branch WT, et al. Approach to the patient with dizziness. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  7. Brown AY. Allscripts EPSi. Mayo Clinic. April 6, 2020.
  8. Medical review (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic. April 14, 2020.
  9. Barton JJS. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  10. Black DF, et al. Vestibular migraine. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  11. Thompson KJ. Retrospective review and telephone follow-up to evaluate a physical therapy protocol for treating persistent postural-perceptual dizziness: A pilot study. Journal of Vestibular Research. 2015; doi:10.3233/VES-150551.
  12. Moskowitz HS, et al. Meniere disease: Evaluation, diagnosis, and management. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  13. Vestibular testing. American Hearing Research Foundation. http://american-hearing.org/disorders/vestibular-testing/#rotatory. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  14. Furman JM, et al. Treatment of vertigo. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  15. Kaufmann, H. Treatment of orthostatic and postprandial hypotension. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.
  16. Park JA, et al. Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 6, 2020.