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114928

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
A technique to quantify the tandem Romberg test (posturography) was used to study ten patients with otosclerosis before (series 1), 48 hours after (series 2), and between two to four months after (series 3) a stapedectomy. The results were analyzed by power spectrum analysis and then compared to findings from electronystagmographic testing performed with series 1 and 3. There was no significant change in the electronystagmography (ENG) test findings between series 1 and 3. Posturography, however, demonstrated an uncompensated vestibular pattern in the immediate postoperative period which, after two months, converted to a compensated vestibular pattern. Posturography serves as a useful quantitative test for the study of patients with balance disorders because the procedure supplements rather than complements the ENG. In addition, posturography detects vestibular reflex abnormalities in stapedectomized patients two months afterwards. Other testing modalities have not consistently demonstrated this postoperative vestibular system instability.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0161-6439
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
ORL-98-106
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Vestibular system abnormalities in otosclerotic subjects.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.