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Unterberger stepping test: a useful indicator of peripheral vestibular dysfunction?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. A. Hickey ,
G. R. Ford ,
J. G. Buckley  and
A. F. Fitzgerald O'connor
S. A. Hickey*
Affiliation:
(London)
G. R. Ford
Affiliation:
(London)
J. G. Buckley
Affiliation:
(London)
A. F. Fitzgerald O'connor
Affiliation:
(London)
*
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH
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Abstract

Deviation of gait in a stepping test has been proposed as a useful indicator of peripheral labyrinthine dysfunction. A prospective study of 26 patients suspected of having uncompensated peripheral labyrinthine dysfunction and 49 normal patients with normal labyrinthine dysfunction showed no significant difference in performance of the Unterberger stepping test between patients with electronystagmographically significant canal paresis and those with normal vestibular function.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1990 , pp. 599 - 602
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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