Hyperactive VOR and hyperventilation after whiplash injury.

نویسندگان

  • A J Fischer
  • P L Huygen
  • H T Folgering
  • W I Verhagen
  • E J Theunissen
چکیده

Otoneurological and respiratory tests were performed on 32 patients after whiplash injury caused by a rear-end car collision. Oculomotor and cervico-ocular test results were generally normal. In a significantly large number of case, the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) was hyperactive (n = 17; 53%) and the respiratory test results were typical of the hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) (n = 12; 38%). Hyperactive VOR and the HVS occurred significantly more often in combination (n = 7; 22%) than could be accounted for by combined false positivity. Most of the significant findings were due to high relative frequencies in the women. The hyperactive VOR might have been the result of plastic adaptation to limited head mobility secondary to neck pain. Behavioural and emotional distress might offer alternative explanations for both the hyperactive VOR and HVS.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta oto-laryngologica. Supplementum

دوره 520 Pt 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995