ArticleJournal of neurology2020
Visually-induced dizziness is associated with sensitivity and avoidance across all senses.
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- A Diagnostic Framework for the Management of Post-Concussion Visually Induced Dizziness: Recognising Postural and Visuoperceptual Subtypes Using an Optokinetic Balance Assessment.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Sensory hyperacusis as a predictor of anxiety in adolescence.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Patient Communication.European journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Psychological Variables Mediate Symptoms in Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD): A Cross-Sectional Self-Report Study.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Protocol for assessing functional impairments in patients with unilateral and bilateral vestibulopathy: a novel approach to evaluate the impact of vestibular loss in daily life setting.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of pharmacotherapy in patients with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Self-reported dizziness, balance, and multisensory impairment following mild traumatic brain injury: an exploratory study.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
- Feasibility of gamified visual desensitisation for visually-induced dizziness.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Visual and vestibular motion perception in persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).Journal of neurology · 2024Article
- A Pilot Study to Assess Visual Vertigo in People with Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness with a New Computer-Based Tool.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Using interpretative phenomenological analysis to probe the lived experiences of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation · 2023Article
- Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) from Brain Imaging to Behaviour and Perception.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Potential risk factors of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness: a pilot study.Journal of neurology · 2022Article
- Subjective sensory sensitivity and its relationship with anxiety in people with probable migraine.Headache · 2021Article
- Visual snow syndrome, the spectrum of perceptual disorders, and migraine as a common risk factor: A narrative review.Headache · 2021Review
- Assessment of Potential Risk Factors for the Development of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness: A Case-Control Pilot Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- The Portuguese version of the visual vertigo analog scale.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
- Sensory sensitivity and visual discomfort are not associated with altered gamma oscillations: A test of the excitation-inhibition hypothesis.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)Article
- Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic unilateral vestibulopathy: A resting-state functional MRI study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reportsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPersistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a common chronic condition presenting in neurology and neuro-otology clinics. Symptoms lie on a spectrum in the general population. The cause is unknown and thought to involve interactions between visual and vestibular systems, but symptoms also correlate with anxiety and migraine.
objectiveTo test whether PDDD symptoms are associated with reported differences in other senses (touch, hearing, smell and taste); to investigate possible mediation via anxiety or migraine; to discover the proportion of variance accountable to these non-vestibular factors.
methodsWe measured self-report multisensory sensitivity, anxiety, visual difficulties, visual discomfort and migraine in patients with PPPD (N = 29) and a large general population cohort (N > 1100). We used structural equation modelling to examine relationships between the factors using a step-wise approach.
resultsWe found increased self-reported over-sensitivity in sensory domains beyond vision and balance in both patients with PPPD and non-clinical participants with more PPPD symptoms. SEM analysis revealed that anxiety partly, but not wholly, mediated this relationship. Adding visual difficulties and visual discomfort to the model allowed it to explain 50% of PPPD symptom variance. Most of the path coefficients and mediation effects in our model were unchanged between participants with and without migraine.
conclusionsOur findings support the idea that PPPD is a complex neurological condition that includes broad perceptual factors, and may suggest that some brains are predisposed to generalised cross-modal sensory-overload. This may give rise to vulnerability to severe PPPD should a vestibular insult occur.
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