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. 2018 Jun;13(2):65-67.
doi: 10.1016/j.joto.2017.12.002. Epub 2018 Feb 9.

Video head impulse test (vHIT) in migraine dizziness

Mayada ElSherif  1 , Mohamed Ihab Reda  2 , Horeya Saadallah  3 , Mona Mourad  1
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Video head impulse test (vHIT) in migraine dizziness

Mayada ElSherif et al. J Otol. 2018 Jun.

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Abstract

Background and objective: Migraine is an extremely prevalent primary headache disorder that frequently associates parallel symptoms such as dizziness, tinnitus and hearing loss. Our aim is to investigate differences in video head impulse (vHIT) results with patients suffering from vestibular migraine (VM) and healthy people, taking into consideration mean values of vestibule ocular reflex (VOR) gain, occurrence of the compensatory saccades latency and amplitude. According to the results, determine the usefulness of vHIT in vestibular migraine diagnostics.

Methods: A total number of 120 subjects were enrolled in the study, 80 of them were vestibular migraine patients (VM), while the other 40 were a control group of age matched healthy subjects. History was taking during the evaluation; videonystagmography and the video head impulse test were done.

Results: The rate of saccades is much more higher in the VM group compared to the healthy subjects group, only 7.5% of the VM group showed a low VOR gain with compensatory saccades denoting a vestibular deficit.

Conclusion: The refixation saccades are an important sign that could underlie different vestibular problems. vHIT result can contribute to the completion of full mosaic of vestibular migraine diagnostics.

Keywords: Vestibular migraine; Vestibule ocular reflex vestibular test battery.

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