SynthesisEuropean 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 Surgery2021
Clinical significance of video head impulse test in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a meta-analysis.
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- Possible pathomechanism behind the transient hypofunction of the affected canal in BPPV. Letter to the editor regarding "Clinical significance of video head impulse test in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a meta-analysis" by Elsherif M et al. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2021);278(12):4645-4651.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 · 2022Pooled it
- Diagnosis of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Review of Different Diagnostic Methods.Audiology research · 2026Review
- 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
- Can Video Head Impulse Testing Be Used to Estimate the Involved Canal in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo?The journal of international advanced otology · 2024Article
- Clinical observations from the clinical video head pulse test in patients with idiopathic horizontal semicircular canal light cupula.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Vestibular function in cases of posterior semicircular canal canalolithiasis and cupulolithiasis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- A Paradoxical Clinical Coincidence: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Bilateral Vestibulopathy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Assessment of semicircular canal function in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo using the video head impulse test and caloric test.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Possible pathomechanism behind the transient hypofunction of the affected canal BPPV: reply to letter to the editor.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 · 2022Article
- Video Head Impulse Test Findings in Patients With Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Secondary to Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo document the effect of cupula deflection in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) through the measured Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR) gain in individual semi-circular canals.
methodsA literature search using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines was performed on December 30, 2020. The following terms were entered in the title, abstract, and keywords in the electronic databases of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library search engines in different combinations: "Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo" or "Benign Positional Vertigo" or "BPPV," and "Video Head Impulse" or "vHIT". All types of studies were included in the initial search. An additional inclusion criterion was the presence of numerical values of VOR gains of the tested canals in the reports.
resultsA total of 122-screened articles were obtained from the electronic database search. Finally, the authors settled on five original articles for meta-analysis with a total of 168 patients (123 with posterior canal BPPV, 28 with lateral canal BPPV, and 17 with anterior canal BPPV) and 85 controls. The main outcomes of these studies comprised the VOR gains of the lateral, posterior, and anterior SCCs on the affected side relative to that in the contralesional side, and/or healthy controls.
conclusionThis meta-analysis shows that vHIT can be valuable as a supporting test in the diagnosis of BPPV, especially for posterior canal BPPV.
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