Asai M, Watanabe Y, Ohashi N, Mizukoshi K
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1993;504:120-4. doi: 10.3109/00016489309128136.
We evaluated the significance of dynamic posturography (EquiTest) in vestibular function assessment by comparing it with our routine equilibrium examinations comprised of nystagmographic data and other postural tests. Fifty-two patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders were examined. Differences in test results between pendular rotation test and dynamic posturography were found in 23 out of 52 (44%) patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders. In 5 patients, no abnormality of vestibular function could be detected by means of a three-test battery (spontaneous and positional nystagmus and pendular rotation test) used for evaluating vestibular compensation. In spite of these results, the patients complained of vertigo of dizziness and showed abnormal results in dynamic posturography. Dynamic posturography was superior to other postural tests in the detection of pathology corresponding with the patients' complaints. From these results, dynamic posturography (EquiTest) appeared to provide new information about such conditions of vestibular patients which other equilibrium examinations have not heretofore been able to detect.
我们通过将动态姿势描记法（EquiTest）与由眼震图数据和其他姿势测试组成的常规平衡检查进行比较，评估了其在前庭功能评估中的意义。对52例单侧外周前庭疾病患者进行了检查。在52例单侧外周前庭疾病患者中，有23例（44%）的摆动旋转试验和动态姿势描记法的测试结果存在差异。5例患者通过用于评估前庭代偿的三项测试组合（自发性和位置性眼震以及摆动旋转试验）未检测到前庭功能异常。尽管如此，这些患者仍诉说有眩晕或头晕，并且动态姿势描记法结果异常。在检测与患者主诉相符的病变方面，动态姿势描记法优于其他姿势测试。从这些结果来看，动态姿势描记法（EquiTest）似乎能提供有关前庭疾病患者状况的新信息，而这是其他平衡检查迄今未能检测到的。
