VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTINGS FOR SCREENING PURPOSES

Evalution of vestibular functions is of absolute requiste for determination of the site of involvement in patients whose chief complaints includes vertigo or unsteadieness. This report is to present a simple and effective method of vestibular function tests for daily clinical purposes. Three major m...

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Published inJIBI INKOKA TEMBO Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 221 - 227,122
Main Author KAMEI, Tamio
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Society of Oto-rhino-laryngology Tokyo 1970
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Summary:Evalution of vestibular functions is of absolute requiste for determination of the site of involvement in patients whose chief complaints includes vertigo or unsteadieness. This report is to present a simple and effective method of vestibular function tests for daily clinical purposes. Three major methods of vestibular function test that comprised postural reflex test (Mann's test) deviation test (gait, stepping test) and oculomotor function test were explained and their interpretations were proposed. The deviation test and the oculomotor function test are the fundamental test with which 76% of all the involved may be detected. When the oculmotor function test is combined to the above two, 86% of the abnormalities may be diagnosed. We feel that combination practice of various vestibular function tests should be useful in locating the site of involvement in almost all the cases encountered in daily clinic.
ISSN:0386-9687
1883-6429
DOI:10.11453/orltokyo1958.13.221