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Saccades of video head impulse test in Meniere's disease and Vestibular Migraine: What can we learn from?

Saccades of video head impulse test in Meniere's disease and Vestibular Migraine: What can we learn from?

Authors :
Yi Du
Xingjian Liu
Lili Ren
Yu Wang
Fei Ji
Weiwei Guo
Ziming Wu
Source :
Journal of Otology, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 79-84 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2023.

Abstract

Background: Saccades are often observed on video head impulse tests (vHIT) in patients with Meniere's Disease (MD) and Vestibular Migraine (VM). However, their saccadic features are not fully described. Objective: This study aims to identify the saccades characteristics of MD and VM. Methods: 75 VM patients and 103 definite unilateral MD patients were enrolled in this study. First raw saccades were exported and analyzed. The VM patients were divided into left and right based on their ears, while the MD patients were separated into affected and unaffected subgroups based on their audiograms and symptoms. Results: The MD patients have more saccades on the affected side (85% vs. 69%), and saccade velocity is more consistent than the contralateral side (shown by the coefficient of variation). The saccades occurrence rates on both sides are similar in VM (77% vs. 76%), as are other saccadic parameters. The MD patients have more significant inter-aural differences than the VM patients, manifested in higher velocity (p-value 0.000), earlier arriving (p-value 0.010), and more time-domain gathered (p-value 0.003) on the affected side. Conclusions: Bilateral saccades are commonly observed in MD and VM. In contrast to MD, saccades on VM are subtle, scattered, and late-arrived. Furthermore, the MD patients showed inconsistent saccadic distribution with more velocity-uniform saccades on the affected side.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16722930
Volume :
18
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Otology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.221d6d8d73c341789397a3d4da3eee1b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2023.01.001