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Daily exercise does not prevent recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Janet Odry Helminski1, Imke Janssen, Timothy Carl Hain

  • 1Department of Physical Therapy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. jhelmi@midwestern.edu

Otology & Neurotology : Official Publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [And] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
|August 14, 2008
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