Abstract
After head and neck pain, vertigo/dizziness is the most frequent complication of a head trauma or a whiplash injury. If a petrous bone fracture is not seen radiologically, and since it is not possible to clinically confirm a brainstem concussion, the first questions to ask are the following: Is this dizziness organic or psychogenic? What is the underlying mechanism of the dizziness (peripheral, central vestibular or cervical)?
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(2005). Traumatic Forms of Vertigo. In: Vertigo and Dizziness. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-081-8_4
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