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ArticleBrazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and video head impulse test in Ménière disease.

Thaís Alvares de Abreu E Silva Grigol, Karen de Carvalho Lopes, Fernando Freitas Ganança

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Article in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic value of vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials for disease progression and treatment response in Ménière's disease and endolymphatic hydrops: 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 · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thaís Alvares de Abreu E Silva GrigolUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Disciplina de Otologia e Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: thais.grigol@hotmail.com.
Karen de Carvalho LopesUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Disciplina de Otologia e Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fernando Freitas GanançaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Disciplina de Otologia e Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMénière's disease is among the most frequent causes of vestibular disorders. Although it is a clinical diagnosis, a better understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical course of the disease through tests would allow improvement in the prognosis and more effective treatments.

objectivesTo describe the results of the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic and video head impulse test in patients with a defined diagnosis of Ménière's disease and to correlate them with disease duration.

methodsThe sample consisted of 50 participants, of whom 29 comprised the study group and 21 the control group. The individuals were submitted to a questionnaire, otoscopy, audiometry and vestibular function assessment through the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential and video head impulse test.

resultsFor the video head impulse test, lateral canal gain values below 0.77 were considered abnormal and for the vertical channels, below 0.61. The percentages of normality were 82.76% for lateral, 89.65% for posterior and 91.37% for anterior canals. For the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential, the upper limits of normal for latencies were defined as 18.07ms for p13 and 28.47ms for n23; and in the SG, 19.57% showed prolongation of latency of p13 and 4.35% of wave n23, whereas 18.96% did not show biphasic potential.

conclusionsFor the video head impulse test, a decreased gain of the vestibulo-ocular reflex for the lateral canal was observed, with a higher incidence of overt type corrective saccades compared to the control group. For the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential, there was a significant difference between the groups for the inter-amplitude parameter, including for asymptomatic ears. There was no correlation between the results of the tests and disease duration.

Indexed as

Meniere DiseaseVestibular Evoked Myogenic PotentialsHead Impulse TestHumansReflex, Vestibulo-OcularVestibule, LabyrinthDoença de MénièreHead impulse testMénière diseasePotenciais evocados miogênicos vestibularesTeste do impulso de cabeçaTestes de função vestibularVestibular evoked myogenic potentialsVestibular function tests

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PMID30975590
PMCPMC9422702
OpenAlexW2921482199

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