Vestibular dysfunction

Synergies anchoring to gravity (SynErg): a novel test to diagnose risk of falls in type 2 diabetes patients

Due to sensorimotor dysfunctions, falls are frequent and dire in older type 2 diabetes patients (T2D). Susceptibility to falls results from multiple interacting and environmental factors. Three common microvascular complications of diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy and vestibulopathy, are established contributors to increased postural sway and falls. Hypoglycemia itself can also cause falls in these patients.

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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: evaluation of the vestibular system with cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

PURPOSE:
To investigate the possibility of vestibular damage in a group of patients suffering from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) using a diagnostic protocol including the caloric test, C-VEMPs and O-VEMPs.

METHODS:
Twenty patients suffering from CIDP (mean age 58.5 years, range 33-80 years; 4 women and 16 men) were investigated. To assess any eventual audio-vestibular involvement, all patients of the study underwent pure tone audiometry, Fitzgerald-Hallpike caloric vestibular test, C-VEMPs and O-VEMPs.