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ArticleOtology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology2020

The Relationship Between Vestibular Migraine and Motion Sickness Susceptibility.

Mehdi Abouzari, Dillon Cheung, Tiffany Pham, Khodayar Goshtasbi, Brooke Sarna, Sarah Tajran, Sammy Sahyouni, Harrison W Lin, Hamid R Djalilian

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Article in Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Altered functional activity in the right superior temporal gyrus in patients with definite vestibular migraine.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023
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  15. Vestibular Migraine.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
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  17. Update on diagnosis and differential diagnosis of vestibular migraine.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  20. [Comparative study on the clinical features of familial clustered and sporadic vestibular migraine].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mehdi AbouzariDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Dillon CheungDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Tiffany PhamDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Khodayar GoshtasbiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Brooke SarnaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Sarah TajranDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Sammy SahyouniDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Harrison W LinDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Hamid R DjalilianDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

University of California Health Participation in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)UL1TR001414 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, VILAIN, ERIC J. · 2015 to 2023
$35.1M
NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001415 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI CAIOZZO, VINCENT JAMES, HEAD, ELIZABETH · 2015 to 2023
$4.2M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001415NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the relationship between vestibular migraine (VM) and motion sickness (MoS) susceptibility and their comorbidity in a large student population, and to assess whether experiencing MoS is associated with higher susceptibility for VM.

methodsSurveys including Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire (MSSQ) and questions assessing migraine-related symptoms as well as family history of motion sickness and migraine headache were distributed to the university undergraduate students through Facebook and email. Diagnosis of definite VM (dVM) was based on the criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders.

resultsOf 277 survey responders, 148 (53%) were found to be susceptible to MoS in which 74 (50%) met the criteria for dVM. Only childhood MSSQ score was significantly higher in participants with dVM compared with those without dVM (25.78 ± 15.89 versus 20.77 ± 14.28, p = 0.04); however, its significance faded out by regression analysis. Multivariate logistic regression showed having 1st degree relative with migraine headache (p = 0.02), neck stiffness (p = 0.001), and sinus pain, facial pressure, or headache with wind exposure (p = 0.02) to be independently associated with presence of dVM in MoS subjects.

conclusionsThough participants with MoS and dVM had significantly greater rates of migraine-related symptoms and family history of migraine headache compared with those with MoS only, childhood and adulthood MSSQ scores were similar. This and the high prevalence of dVM in our MoS cohort may suggest an existing association between MoS susceptibility and VM.

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Migraine DisordersMotion SicknessAdultChildHeadacheHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesVertigo

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PMID32501936
PMCPMC8063720
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