ReviewFrontiers in neurology2017
The Video Head Impulse Test.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 262 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
262 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 513 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Spectrum of Peripheral-Vestibular Deficits and Their Change Over Time in CANVAS/RFC1-Related Ataxia Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Head-Impulse Testing.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Secondary autoimmune immune ear disease (AIED): a systematic review and meta-analysis on vestibular manifestations of systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.Clinical rheumatology · 2023Pooled it
- Factors affecting variability in vestibulo-ocular reflex gain in the Video Head Impulse Test in individuals without vestibulopathy: A systematic review of literature.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- VOR gain of lateral semicircular canal using video head impulse test in acute unilateral vestibular hypofunction: A systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Guidelines of the French Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SFORL) for teleconsultation in patients with vertigo during the COVID-19 pandemic.European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases · 2021Guideline
- Clinical value of the video head impulse test in patients with vestibular neuritis: a systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Acute unilateral vestibulopathy and corticosteroid treatment - A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind trial.Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation · 2025Trial
- The influence of sensory function on walking stability in aging and falls through a head-movement perturbation model.GeroScience · 2026Article
- High-frequency vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) evaluation in patients with spontaneous downbeat nystagmus: a case-control study.Journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Optokinetic stimulation modulates vestibular contribution to postural control.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Vestibular function in patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Video head impulse testing before and after canalith repositioning for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Normal Gain with Corrective Saccades in the Video Head Impulse Test: Clinical Implications and Diagnostic Considerations.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Caloric-vHIT Dissociation in Vestibular Migraine: An Observational, Retrospective Case Series Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Associations Between the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex and Cognitive Function in de novo Parkinson's Disease.Journal of movement disorders · 2026Article
- Vestibular Function in Judo Athletes: Evidence of Subclinical Vestibular Dysfunction.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2026Article
- Semicircular canal dysfunction in profound sudden sensorineural hearing loss and its prognostic value: implications for the proper indication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Review
- Selective Otolithic and Semicircular Canal Dysfunction: Insights from VEMP and vHIT.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Objective quantification of motion-induced dizziness using a proof-of-concept multimodal wearable platform.Scientific reports · 2026Article
202 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
In 1988, we introduced impulsive testing of semicircular canal (SCC) function measured with scleral search coils and showed that it could accurately and reliably detect impaired function even of a single lateral canal. Later we showed that it was also possible to test individual vertical canal function in peripheral and also in central vestibular disorders and proposed a physiological mechanism for why this might be so. For the next 20 years, between 1988 and 2008, impulsive testing of individual SCC function could only be accurately done by a few aficionados with the time and money to support scleral search-coil systems-an expensive, complicated and cumbersome, semi-invasive technique that never made the transition from the research lab to the dizzy clinic. Then, in 2009 and 2013, we introduced a video method of testing function of each of the six canals individually. Since 2009, the method has been taken up by most dizzy clinics around the world, with now close to 100 refereed articles in PubMed. In many dizzy clinics around the world, video Head Impulse Testing has supplanted caloric testing as the initial and in some cases the final test of choice in patients with suspected vestibular disorders. Here, we consider seven current, interesting, and controversial aspects of video Head Impulse Testing: (1) introduction to the test; (2) the progress from the head impulse protocol (HIMPs) to the new variant-suppression head impulse protocol (SHIMPs); (3) the physiological basis for head impulse testing; (4) practical aspects and potential pitfalls of video head impulse testing; (5) problems of vestibulo-ocular reflex gain calculations; (6) head impulse testing in central vestibular disorders; and (7) to stay right up-to-date-new clinical disease patterns emerging from video head impulse testing. With thanks and appreciation we dedicate this article to our friend, colleague, and mentor, Dr Bernard Cohen of Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, who since his first article 55 years ago on compensatory eye movements induced by vertical SCC stimulation has become one of the giants of the vestibular world.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.