UNLABELLED Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common vestibular diseases and the active head rotation test one of the most modern methods of vestibular function assessment. AIM this study aims to verify if the active head rotation test may reveal signs of horizontal and/or vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex dysfunction in vertigo patients suspected for BPPV. STUDY ...

In the nineteenth century Pierre–Jean–Marie Flourens (1825) and Ernst Mach described the vestibular system and its peripheral organs while Robert Barany, rewarded by the Nobel prize in 1914, was the first to investigate vestibular disorders with caloric tests making surgical treatments of the vestibular organ possible. Recently, Graf and Klam (2006) have reminded us that this ancient sensory sy...

Perception of the environment is constantly monitored by the sensory receptors of position and movement. Bodily balance is maintained by integration of the receptors localized in the vestibular, visual and somatosensory systems that are integrated into the central nervous system [1]. Physiological changes due to chronic diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and neurological lesions, among others,...

OBJECTIVE The therapeutic use of ototoxic drugs is relatively common, particularly in patients with severe diseases. It is likely that disturbances of balance in these patients are underestimated by clinicians. MATERIALS AND METHODS The purpose of this study was to identify drugs involved in the vestibulotoxic origin of instability in a group of 18 patients. RESULTS Six patients showed both...

Vestibular vertigo is a primary symptom in neurootological clinical practice and is common among cerebrovascular diseases. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of betahistine dihydrochloride (Betaserc), 8 and 16 mg, on patients who were transport system workers with vascular auditory and vestibular disturbances. We examined 50 patients, 30 of whom were treated with 16-mg dos...

background: centre of pressure displacement is an indicator of postural control. children with cerebral palsy have poor postural control. one common intervention to enhance their balance is vestibular stimulation. the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of vestibular stimulation on cop parameters in children with cerebral palsy (3-10 years old). methods: this study was a randomiz...

Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms in elderly. Various vestibular disorders, such as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, neuritis, Meniere’s disease, migraine, can cause dizziness. The system consists peripheral organs inner ear and extensive central nervous from cerebellum brainstem to thalamus cortex. In particularly, sensory input plays a important role spatial cognitive abilitie...

Introduction: Presence of vestibular schwannoma and a simultaneous glomus jugulare tumor is an extremely rare event. There is only one case report regarding the incidence of a contralateral vestibular schwannoma, along with a glomus jugulare tumor. Herein, we present the second case with a contralateral tumor.   Case Report: A 69-year-old woman presented with a long hist...

UNLABELLED 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. AIM Study labyrinth exams in PD patients and associate them with vestibular disorders. STU...