<原著>直立時重心動揺の検討 : パターン分類と頭部傾斜について

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Measurement of body sway may provide useful information in the field of neuro-otology. In this study, the pattern, right-left range and anteroposterior range of movement of the center of gravity (CG movement) were investigated. One hundred ataxic patients were divided into 3 groups ; a group of patients with peripheral vestibular disorder with nystagmus (acute stage), a group of those without nystagmus (chronic stage) and a group of patients with central nerve disturbance. Pattern analysis of the groups revealed increases in the right and left types of movements in patients with peripheral vestibular disorder with nystagmus when the head was tilted on either the left or the right side in a standing posture (p<0.05). In patients with disturbance of the central nervous system, the number of the diffuse type increased more than the number of other groups under the head-tilting test (p<0.05). Head-tilting test was especially useful for characterization of the CG movements in patients with positional vertigo and cervical syndrome. Further studies are, however, needed to confirm whether such pattern analysis of CG movement and measurement of body sway with either of the ears slanted downward actually contribute to the effective diagnosis of disturbance of righting reflex.
近畿大学の論文
1986-03-25