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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common vestibular disorder characterized by brief episodes of vertigo triggered by specific head movements. Despite its short duration, BPPV significantly impacts the quality of life. A comprehensive search of electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, was performed to gather peer-reviewed articles, clinical trials, and review articles published between 2014 and 2024. Keywords used in the search included "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo," "BPPV," "vestibular disorders," "quality of life," "diagnosis," and "treatment." Eleven articles were included in the systematic review. Tools such as the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) are reported to assess the impact of BPPV on quality of life. This review includes 11 articles focusing on quality of life outcomes in BPPV patients. This systematic review explores the various dimensions of quality of life affected by BPPV and the tools used to evaluate these effects. BPPV can lead to physical limitations, such as difficulty in performing daily activities, and psychological effects, including anxiety, depression, and emotional distress. Socially, BPPV can cause social withdrawal and isolation due to the fear of experiencing vertigo in public. Occupationally, BPPV can interfere with job-related tasks. Future research should focus on developing personalized treatment approaches and patient-reported outcome measures specific to BPPV. A comprehensive approach to BPPV management is essential for improving the quality of life of affected individuals.
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Despite the high success rate of canalith repositioning maneuvers (CRMs) in the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), a growing number of patients report residual dizziness symptoms that may last for a significant time. Although the majority of BPPV cases can be explained by canalolithiasis, the etiology is complex. Consideration of the individual patient's history and underlying pathophysiology of BPPV may offer the potential for treatment approaches supplementary to CRMs, as well as a promising alternative for patients in whom CRMs are contraindicated. This article provides a summary of the possible underlying causes of BPPV and residual dizziness, along with suggestions for potential management options that may be considered to relieve the burden of residual symptoms.
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INTRODUCTION: The Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) is a safe and reliable assessment of peripheral vestibular function. Many studies tested its accuracy in clinical settings for differential diagnosis and quantification of the vestibulo-oculomotor reflex (VOR) in various disorders. However, the results of its application after lesions of the CNS are discordant and have never been studied in rehabilitation. This study aims to assess the VOR performance in a sample of stroke survivors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study on 36 subacute and chronic stroke survivors; only persons with first-ever stroke and able to walk independently, even with supervision, were included. We performed VOR assessments for each semicircular canal by vHIT and balance assessments by the Berg Balance Scale and the MiniBESTest scale. RESULTS: Two hundred and sixteen semicircular canals were assessed using the Head Impulse paradigm (in both the vertical and horizontal planes), while 72 semicircular canals were assessed using the Suppressed Head Impulse paradigm (horizontal plane). There was a high prevalence of participants with dysfunctional canals, particularly for the left anterior and right posterior canals, which were each prevalent in more than one-third of our sample. Furthermore, 16 persons showed an isolated canal dysfunction. The mean VOR gain for the vertical canals had confidence intervals out of the normal values (0.74-0.91 right anterior; 0.74-0.82 right posterior; 0.73-0.87 left anterior). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that peripheral vestibular function may be impaired in people with stroke; a systematic assessment in a rehabilitation setting could allow a more personalized and patient-centred approach.
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The suppression head impulse paradigm (SHIMP) involves suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and anticompensatory saccades generated thereof. SHIMP is gaining importance to understand vestibular compensation with its different parameters (VOR gain/peak saccadic velocity PSV/latency of saccades). SHIMP studies are emerging in adults, but pediatric studies have hardly been performed. This study is a retrospective case note audit over a period of 2 months in a tertiary pediatric vestibular center in the United Kingdom to investigate whether SHIMP is safe/robust to be used in children conforming to existing standards/norms in normal children and whether it yields any meaningful inferences in pediatric vestibular hypofunction. This is the largest pediatric SHIMP study to date. A total of 44 referred children (6-18 years, female children>male children) with a range of complaints from dizziness, imbalance, motor incoordination, postural instability, and hearing loss were included, and their SHIMP parameters were measured. All children underwent comprehensive functional/objective audiovestibular assessments. Two groups were defined-Group A with normal vestibular function and Group B with abnormal vestibular function. The normal population showed an average SHIMP VOR gain of 0.98+/-0.08 and latency of overt saccades at 215.68+/-46.16 milliseconds agreeing with published evidence. The PSV of overt saccades was 315.39+/-56.30/s, and there was a gain asymmetry of 7.42+/-4.68 between the sides. Statistically significant differences with moderate/large effect sizes were observed between the groups in terms of VOR gain and PSV but not in saccade latencies. Covert saccades were rare in SHIMP, while overt saccades were observed in 100% of children. VOR gain difference between the head impulse paradigm (HIMP) and the SHIMP was significant as well. We observed statistically significant differences in side asymmetry of VOR gain between the groups. Furthermore, we identified a group of children with cerebellar lesions where overt saccades in SHIMP were rather low in number. Further research is recommended to investigate pediatric PSV, asymmetry, and inability to generate overt saccades that may suggest useful means to assess compensation and central function. We conclude that SHIMP yields valuable information and is a safe, easy to perform, and a reliable test that should be used in children to supplement HIMP.
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PURPOSE: To characterise dynamic postural stability of gait in patients with vestibular hypofunction (PwVH) using a sensor-based assessment while performing dynamic tasks and to correlate the results of this evaluation with clinical scales. METHODS: This cross-sectional study involved 22 adults between 18 and 70 years old from a healthcare hospital centre. Eleven patients suffering from chronic vestibular hypofunction (PwVH) and eleven healthy controls (HC) were evaluated through a combined inertial sensor-based and clinical scale assessment. Participants were equipped with five synchronised inertial measurement units (IMUs) (128 Hz, Opal, APDM, Portland, OR, USA): three IMUs were located on the occipital cranium bone, near the lambdoid suture of the head, at the centre of the sternum, and at L4/L5 level, just above the pelvis, and were used to quantify gait quality parameters, while the other two were located slightly above lateral malleoli and used to perform stride and step segmentation. Three different motor tasks were performed in a randomized order: the 10-m Walk Test (10mWT), the Figure of Eight Walk Test (Fo8WT) and the Fukuda Stepping Test (FST). A set of gait quality parameters related to stability, symmetry and smoothness of gait were extracted from IMU data and correlated with the clinical scale scores. PwVH and HC results were compared to test for significant between-group differences. RESULTS: Significant differences were found for the three motor tasks (10mWT, Fo8WT and FST) when comparing PwVH and HC groups. For the 10mWT and the Fo8WT, significant differences between the PwVH and HC groups were found for the stability indexes. Considering the FST, significant differences between the PwVH and HC groups were also found in the stability and symmetry of gait. A significant correlation was found between the Dizziness Handicap Inventory and gait indices during the Fo8WT. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we characterized the dynamic postural stability alterations during linear, curved, and blindfolded walking/stepping in PwVH combining an instrumental IMU-based with traditional clinical scales approach. Combining instrumental and clinical evaluation for dynamic stability of gait alterations in PwVH is useful in thoroughly evaluating the effects of unilateral vestibular hypofunction.
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Marcha , Equilíbrio Postural , Adulto , Humanos , Adolescente , Adulto Jovem , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Estudos Transversais , Vertigem , TonturaRESUMO
Background: This study aims to explore the clinical relevance of the Suppression Head Impulse Paradigm (SHIMP) to better understand if it represents an additional clinical value compared to the Head Impulse Paradigm (HIMP) in patients with vestibular neuritis (VN) in different stages of the disease. Methods: From January 2020 to June 2022, patients with unilateral VN were found in a database of an ENT vestibular clinic. Clinical presentation, vestibular test outcomes, therapy, and recovery were examined in medical records. Results: A total of 42 patients (16 Females, mean age 51.06 ± 12.96; 26 Male, mean age 62.50 ± 9.82) met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in the study. The means of the VOR gain for both paradigms were respectively 0.38 ± 0.12 (SHIMP) and 0.46 ± 0.13 (HIMP) at T0 and 0.55 ± 0.20 (SHIMP) and 0.64 ± 0.19 (HIMP) at T1 for the lesional side. For the HIMP, the gain value <0.76 identified the affected side of VN with 100% sensitivity (92−100) and 100% specificity (91−100). For the SHIMP, the gain value <0.66 identified the affected side of VN with 100% sensitivity (92−100) and 100% specificity (91−100) and an AUC of 1.0 (0.96−1.0, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: The SHIMP paradigm has a diagnostic accuracy equal to the classic HIMP paradigm in patients with VN. The assessment of VOR slow phase velocity and vestibulo-saccadic interaction in patients with VN could be easier with the use of the SHIMPs paradigm. SHIMPs paradigm provides helpful information about the evaluation of VOR slow phase velocity and vestibulo-saccadic interaction as new recovery strategies in patients with VN.
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As previously reported, a single test measuring oVEMP n10 to 4000 Hz stimuli (bone-conducted vibration (BCV) or air-conducted sound (ACS)) provides a definitive diagnosis of semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) in 22 CT-verified patients, with a sensitivity of 1.0 and specificity of 1.0. This single short screening test has great advantages of speed, minimizing testing time, and the exposure of patients to stimulation. However, a few studies of the 4000 Hz test for SCD have reported sensitivity and specificity values which are slightly less than reported previously. We hypothesized that the rise time of the stimulus is important for detecting the oVEMP n10 to 4000 Hz, similarly to what we had shown for 500 and 750 Hz BCV. We measured oVEMP n10 in 15 patients with CT-verified SCD in response to 4000 Hz ACS or BCV stimuli with rise times of 0, 1, and 2 ms. As a result, increasing the rise time of the stimulus reduced the oVEMP n10 amplitude. This outcome is expected from the physiological evidence of guinea pig primary vestibular afferents, which are activated by sound or vibration. Therefore, for clinical VEMP testing, short rise times are optimal (preferably 0 ms).
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BACKGROUND: This review aims to explore the potential clinical application of the suppression head impulse paradigm (SHIMP) in patients with unilateral and bilateral vestibulopathy. METHODS: An electronic search was conducted by two independent reviewers in the following databases: Embase, MEDLINE (PubMed), and Scopus. The screening of titles, abstracts, and full texts and data extraction were undertaken independently by pairs of reviewers. The included studies were quality appraised using a modified version of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. RESULTS: The results were reported following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). Our search yielded 935 unique records, of which 16 remained after screening titles and abstracts. A total of 11 studies were included, covering a total of 418 participants (230 patients and 188 healthy participants). CONCLUSION: SHIMP could be a useful tool to diagnose a VOR alteration in patients with vestibulopathy in both the acute and chronic phases of vestibulopathy.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of anti-compensatory saccades (AcS) using the video head impulse test (vHIT) in the healthy inner ear in patients with vestibular neuritis (VN) during the acute and subacute stages of VN. METHODS: We retrospectively considered a chart review of 2420 patients evaluated for acute vestibular syndrome from 2016 to 2020 in the Cassino (Italy) clinic. Nine hundred fifty-four patients with acute onset of vestibular syndrome who received an instrumental otoneurological assessment within 24 hours from the onset of the symptoms, evaluated by simultaneously using a combination of vHIT, ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP), and cervical VEMP, were included in the study. RESULTS: Thirty-two patients with superior VN that showed an altered horizontal canal function when tested with vHIT and quick AcS on the healthy side were enrolled. We found that all patients with VN, evaluated in the first 24 hours from the onset of the symptoms, showed AcS when their head was abruptly and passively turned toward the healthy inner ear side. At follow-up within 8 weeks from the first evaluation, 29 out of 32 patients did not show increased AcS. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the hypothesis that the AcS on the healthy side are a clinical sign of vestibular canal hypofunction or paresis in patients affected by the acute stage of VN.
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Potenciais Evocados Miogênicos Vestibulares , Neuronite Vestibular , Teste do Impulso da Cabeça , Humanos , Reflexo Vestíbulo-Ocular , Estudos Retrospectivos , Vertigem , Neuronite Vestibular/diagnósticoRESUMO
Introduction: On video head impulse testing (vHIT) of semicircular canal function, some patients reliably show enhanced eye velocity and so VOR gains >1.0. Modeling and imaging indicate this could be due to endolymphatic hydrops. Oral glycerol reduces membranous labyrinth volume and reduces cochlear symptoms of hydrops, so we tested whether oral glycerol reduced the enhanced vHIT eye velocity. Study Design: Prospective clinical study and retrospective analysis of patient data. Methods: Patients with enhanced eye velocity during horizontal vHIT were enrolled (n = 9, 17 ears) and given orally 86% glycerol, 1.5 mL/kg of body weight, dissolved 1:1 in physiological saline. Horizontal vHIT testing was performed before glycerol intake (time 0), then at intervals of 1, 2, and 3 h after the oral glycerol intake. Control patients with enhanced eye velocity (n = 4, 6 ears) received water and were tested at the same intervals. To provide an objective index of enhanced eye velocity we used a measure of VOR gain which captures the enhanced eye velocity which is so clear on inspecting the eye velocity records. We call this measure the initial VOR gain and it is defined as: (the ratio of peak eye velocity to the value of head velocity at the time of peak eye velocity). The responses of other patients who showed enhanced eye velocity during routine clinical testing were analyzed to try to identify how the enhancement occurred. Results: We found that oral glycerol caused, on average, a significant reduction in the enhanced eye velocity response, whereas water caused no systematic change. The enhanced eye velocity during the head impulses is due in some patients to a compensatory saccade-like response during the increasing head velocity. Conclusion: The significant reduction in enhanced eye velocity during head impulse testing following oral glycerol is consistent with the hypothesis that the enhanced eye velocity in vHIT may be caused by endolymphatic hydrops.
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PURPOSE: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the clinical application potential of the video head impulse test (vHIT) in diagnosing vestibular neuritis (VN). METHODS: An electronic search was conducted in the following databases: Embase, MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, Google scholar, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Clinical studies were included in which an evaluation was made using vHIT either alone or in combination with other tests or bedside algorithms. Evaluations that were carried out using unvalidated tools were excluded. Only studies of patients with VN (superior, inferior, or in toto) were included. Screening of titles, abstracts, full texts, and data extraction were undertaken independently by pairs of reviewers. Included studies were quality appraised using a modified version of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. RESULTS: Results were reported according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Our search yielded 1309 unique records, 21 of which remained after screening titles and abstracts. Sixteen studies were included, i.e., for a total of 933 patients including 474 patients with a diagnosis of VN. CONCLUSIONS: The diagnostic value of vHIT is high for VN, as it is a high-frequency measurement tool. vHIT is a useful complement or alternative to caloric and rotational tests as an indicator of lesions of vestibular canal functioning, especially at the time of onset. This tool can provide useful clues about the clinical progress of recovery from the lesion through the value of the vestibulo ocular reflex gain and the consequent evolution of the saccade pattern, which allows the patient to stabilize vision on the retina.
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Teste do Impulso da Cabeça , Neuronite Vestibular , Humanos , Reflexo Vestíbulo-Ocular , Movimentos Sacádicos , Canais Semicirculares , Neuronite Vestibular/diagnósticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Superior Canal Dehiscence is classically diagnosed with typical abnormalities on Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs) and Computed Tomography (CT) scans. AIM: This paper discusses the utility of the video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) in SCD. METHODS: Data from 11 ears (8 patients) with SCD were retrospectively reviewed. Results from vHIT, VEMPs and CT and when possible, MRI scans were correlated. An audit of 300 vHIT from patients undergoing routine testing for any neurotological complaint was also conducted to look at the incidence of isolated abnormal superior canal function. RESULTS: 82% of patients (9 ears) with SCD showed abnormal vHIT (reduced gain and catch-up saccades) isolated to the affected superior semicircular canal. CONCLUSION: Correlation of the CT and VEMPs are important in forming a diagnosis of SCD. However, if isolated superior canal vHIT abnormalities are demonstrated, it is suggestive of SCD and such patients should be referred for further investigations.
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Teste do Impulso da Cabeça , Deiscência do Canal Semicircular/diagnóstico , Canais Semicirculares/diagnóstico por imagem , Adulto , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Teste do Impulso da Cabeça/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reflexo Vestíbulo-Ocular , Estudos Retrospectivos , Deiscência do Canal Semicircular/diagnóstico por imagem , Deiscência do Canal Semicircular/fisiopatologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Potenciais Evocados Miogênicos VestibularesRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: We retrospectively evaluated a chart review of 3,525 patients evaluated for any acute disturbance. A total of 1,504 patients with acute vestibular syndrome (AVS) received an instrumental vestibular assessment within 72 h from the onset of the symptoms evaluated using simultaneously a combination of ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (oVEMPs), cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMPs), video head-impulse test (vHIT), and subjective visual vertical (SVV) were included in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 41 patients with AVS that showed a normal horizontal canal function tested with vHIT, a normal cVEMP function, unilaterally reduced or absent oVEMP n10, and an altered SVV were enrolled. RESULTS: We found that although these patients referred acute vertigo and presented spontaneous nystagmus, they showed physiological values of vHIT and a normal saccular function, as shown by symmetrical cVEMPs. CONCLUSION: Our findings support the hypothesis that a percentage of patients evaluated during an AVS using an instrumental vestibular assessment could present selective utricular macula dysfunction.
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Potenciais Evocados Miogênicos Vestibulares , Adulto , Feminino , Teste do Impulso da Cabeça , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Canais Semicirculares , VertigemRESUMO
PURPOSE: Time course of the recovery of otolithic dis-function caused by superior vestibular neuritis has been examined in fifteen patients. METHODS: The subjective visual vertical (SVV) and the ocular cyclotorsion (OT) have been measured four times after the acute episode up to 1 year RESULTS: In most of the patients the SVV tilt returned to control values within few months (3-6 months) after the acute episode, while OT remained out of normal range in almost all patients a year later. CONCLUSION: The abnormal OT observed after 1 year from the acute episode of vestibular neuritis, suggests that the otolithic receptors remained altered for several months and the OT may be a good indicator of the entity of the residual peripheral otolithic lesion. Moreover, the dissociation between the SVV tilt recovery and that of OT supports the issue that the two signs of the otolithic disfunction are only partially linked each other with centrally or peripherally distinct re-balancing circuits.
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Neuronite Vestibular , Vestíbulo do Labirinto , Olho , Face , Humanos , Membrana dos Otólitos , Neuronite Vestibular/diagnósticoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this systematic review is to critically assess the effectiveness of vestibular rehabilitation (VR) administered either alone or in combination with other neurorehabilitation strategies in patients with neurologic disorders. DATA SOURCES: An electronic search was conducted by 2 independent reviewers in the following databases: MEDLINE (PubMed), the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. STUDY SELECTION: All clinical studies carried out on adult patients with a diagnosis of neurologic disorders who performed VR provided alone or in combination with other therapies were included. DATA EXTRACTION: Screening of titles, abstracts, and full texts and data extraction were undertaken independently by pairs of reviewers. Included studies were quality appraised using a modified version of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. DATA SYNTHESIS: The summary of results was reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Twelve studies were included in the review. All the included studies, with 1 exception, report that improvements provided by customized VR in subject affected by a central nervous system diseases are greater than traditional rehabilitation programs alone. CONCLUSIONS: Because of the lack of high-quality studies and heterogeneity of treatments protocols, clinical practice recommendations on the efficacy of VR cannot be made. Results show that VR programs are safe and could easily be implemented with standard neurorehabilitation protocols in patients affected by neurologic disorders. Hence, more high-quality randomized controlled trials of VR in patients with neurologic disorders are needed.
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Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/terapia , Modalidades de Fisioterapia , Doenças Vestibulares/terapia , HumanosRESUMO
PURPOSE: Evaluate the potential clinical application of the Suppression Head Impulse Paradigm (SHIMP) in evaluating the vestibulo-saccadic interaction in patients with vestibular neuritis (VN). METHODS: A retrospective study was performed. Fifteen patients diagnosed with unilateral VN were identified from a database of ENT vestibular clinic from January 2011 to February 2020. Medical records were reviewed to determine clinical presentation, vestibular testing results, treatment, and recovery. RESULTS: Fifteen patients (7 left ear, 8 right ear, mean age 58.73 ± 10.73, six female) met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in the study. Significant differences were found in the within-subjects analysis at T1 in DHI score (p = 0.001), VOR gain (p < 0.005), and in the percentages of impulses containing a SHIMPs saccade when the head is passively turned toward the affected side (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: SHIMPs paradigm provides useful information about the value of vestibulo-saccadic interaction as new recovery strategies in patients with VN.