Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of bedside examination for screening of vestibular and balance system for occupational medicine purposes. Study group comprised 165 patients referred to Audiology and Phoniatric Clinic due to vestibular and/or balance problems. Caloric ca...
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| author | Ewa Zamysłowska-Szmytke Sylwia Szostek-Rogula Mariola Śliwińska-Kowalska |
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| description | Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of bedside examination for screening of vestibular and balance system for occupational medicine purposes. Study group comprised 165 patients referred to Audiology and Phoniatric Clinic due to vestibular and/or balance problems. Caloric canal paresis of 19% was the cut off value to divide patients into 43 caloric-positive vestibular subjects and 122 caloric-negative patients. The latter group comprised 79 subjects revealing abnormalities of videonystagmographic (VNG) oculomotor tests (central group) and 43 subjects with normal VNG. Material and Methods: Vestibular and balance symptoms were collected. Five tests were included to bedside examination: Romberg and Unterberger tests, Head Impulse Test (HIT), Dynamic Visual Acuity (DVA) and gaze nystagmus assessment. Results: Vestibular and balance symptoms were reported by 82% of vestibular, 73% of central and 40% of VNG-normal patients. Thirteen out of 18 VNG-normal but symptomatic subjects (73%) had abnormal tests in clinical assessment. The sensitivity of bedside test set for vestibular pathology was 88% as compared to caloric test and 68% for central pathology as compared to VNG oculomotor tests. Conclusions: The combination of 5 bedside tests reveal satisfactory sensitivity to detect vestibular abnormalities. Bedside examination abnormalities are highly correlated with vestibular/balance symptoms, regardless the normal results of VNG. Thus, this method should be recommended for occupational medicine purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab0ec8700e954fc0bb1e92296b8be8fb2022-12-22T00:40:41ZengNofer Institute of Occupational MedicineInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health1232-10871896-494X2015-04-0128237938710.13075/ijomeh.1896.00514Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicineEwa Zamysłowska-SzmytkeSylwia Szostek-RogulaMariola Śliwińska-KowalskaObjectives: The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of bedside examination for screening of vestibular and balance system for occupational medicine purposes. Study group comprised 165 patients referred to Audiology and Phoniatric Clinic due to vestibular and/or balance problems. Caloric canal paresis of 19% was the cut off value to divide patients into 43 caloric-positive vestibular subjects and 122 caloric-negative patients. The latter group comprised 79 subjects revealing abnormalities of videonystagmographic (VNG) oculomotor tests (central group) and 43 subjects with normal VNG. Material and Methods: Vestibular and balance symptoms were collected. Five tests were included to bedside examination: Romberg and Unterberger tests, Head Impulse Test (HIT), Dynamic Visual Acuity (DVA) and gaze nystagmus assessment. Results: Vestibular and balance symptoms were reported by 82% of vestibular, 73% of central and 40% of VNG-normal patients. Thirteen out of 18 VNG-normal but symptomatic subjects (73%) had abnormal tests in clinical assessment. The sensitivity of bedside test set for vestibular pathology was 88% as compared to caloric test and 68% for central pathology as compared to VNG oculomotor tests. Conclusions: The combination of 5 bedside tests reveal satisfactory sensitivity to detect vestibular abnormalities. Bedside examination abnormalities are highly correlated with vestibular/balance symptoms, regardless the normal results of VNG. Thus, this method should be recommended for occupational medicine purposes.http://ijomeh.eu/Bedside-examination-for-vestibular-screening-in-occupational-medicine,1966,0,2.htmlBalancevideonystagmographyposturographyoccupational medicinevertigo |
| spellingShingle | Ewa Zamysłowska-Szmytke Sylwia Szostek-Rogula Mariola Śliwińska-Kowalska Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health Balance videonystagmography posturography occupational medicine vertigo |
| title | Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine |
| title_full | Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine |
| title_fullStr | Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine |
| title_short | Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine |
| title_sort | bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine |
| topic | Balance videonystagmography posturography occupational medicine vertigo |
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