Bassetto Jackeline Martins, Zeigelboim Bianca Simone, Jurkiewicz Ari Leon, Klagenberg Karlin Fabianne
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 May-Jun;74(3):350-5. doi: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)30567-x.
The number of elderly people is increasing considerably in our settings, and with that we have a matching increase in chronic-degenerative diseases - such as Parkinson's Disease (PD), which has balance-related symptoms associated and is increasingly more prevalent in the elderly population.
Study labyrinth exams in PD patients and associate them with vestibular disorders.
contemporary cross-sectional cohort.
Thirty patients were assessed, twenty females and ten males, at the age range of 48 - 84 years.
anamnesis, ear inspection and vestibular assessment by means of a vecto-electronystagmography (VENG).
a) As to the neurotological complaints reported in the anamnesis, there was a prevalence of: tremor (100.0%), dizziness (43.3%), tinnitus (40.0%), gait unbalance and falls (36.6%) in each; b) in assessing the vestibular function, there was a significant difference in the rate of altered exams (p=0.0000); c) Most alterations happened in the peripheral vestibular system (93.3%) and the caloric test, with a predominance of bilateral labyrinth hyporreflexia (30,0%); d) The exam results were correlated with the vestibular symptoms and we noticed that there were no significant differences.
this study showed us a significant number of altered exams, unrelated to symptoms.
在我们的环境中，老年人数量正在大幅增加，随之而来的是慢性退行性疾病的相应增加——比如帕金森病（PD），它伴有与平衡相关的症状，且在老年人群中越来越普遍。
研究帕金森病患者的内耳检查，并将其与前庭疾病相关联。
当代横断面队列研究。
评估了30名患者，其中20名女性，10名男性，年龄在48 - 84岁之间。
通过病史采集、耳部检查以及采用矢量眼震电图（VENG）进行前庭评估。
a）关于病史采集中报告的神经耳科主诉，每种症状的患病率分别为：震颤（100.0%）、头晕（43.3%）、耳鸣（40.0%）、步态失衡和跌倒（36.6%）；b）在评估前庭功能时，检查结果异常率存在显著差异（p = 0.0000）；c）大多数异常发生在外周前庭系统（93.3%）和冷热试验中，以双侧迷路反应减退为主（30.0%）；d）检查结果与前庭症状相关，且我们注意到没有显著差异。
本研究向我们展示了大量与症状无关的异常检查结果。
