[The anamnesis in old people with equilibrium disorder]

Equilibratory troubles in aged individuals are the consequence of changes in vestibular, visual, proprioceptive, neuro-muscular and skeletal systems. Often related as well, to iatrogenic effects induced by pharmacological treatments. Its assessment is not easy at all because elderly population undergo physiological inability and so offer great difficulties in both diagnosis and management. At least informative data related to the equilibration must be collected: feelings, positional and postural unleashing factors, evolutive pattern, intercrises symptoms, cochlear and neurologic findings. Pharmacological treatments, associated pathologies and psycho-affective conditions as well. In the anamnestic model proposed by the AA. other helpful data in order to arouse clinical suspicion on vasculocerebral and vertebrobasilaris pathologies are contemplated. A sample concerning 51 patients more than 70-year-old with the gained descriptive results in detailed.