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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022

Comparison of Clinical Balance and Visual Dependence Tests in Patients With Chronic Dizziness With and Without Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Charlotte De Vestel, Willem De Hertogh, Vincent Van Rompaey, Luc Vereeck

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06893029 (Visually Induced Dizziness in Concussed and Non-Concussed Dizzy Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT06893029 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Visually Induced Dizziness in Concussed and Non-Concussed Dizzy Patients: Identifying the Pathophysiology of Postural Control Upon Optokinetic Stimuli

TypeinterventionalSponsorDominik StraumannRan2025 to 2027Enrolled240ConditionsDizziness, Concussion (Diagnosis), Traumatic Brain Injury, Balance AssessmentArmsPostural Response upon physical optokinetic stimulation, Postural Response upon virtual optokinetic stimulation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charlotte De VestelDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy/Movant, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Willem De HertoghDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy/Movant, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Vincent Van RompaeyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Luc VereeckDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy/Movant, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Antwerp University Hospital · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The diagnosis of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is primarily based on medical history taking. Research on the value of clinical balance and visual dependence tests in identifying PPPD is scarce. Objectives: (1) to contrast clinical balance and visual dependence tests between PPPD patients, dizzy non-PPPD patients, and healthy persons; and (2) to evaluate whether these clinical tests can help to identify PPPD in patients with chronic dizziness. Methods: Consecutive patients with chronic dizziness (38 PPPD and 21 non-PPPD) and 69 healthy persons underwent Static Balance tests, the Timed Up and Go test, the Tandem Gait test, and the Functional Gait Assessment (FGA). Visual dependence tests included the Visual Vertigo Analog Scale (VVAS), the Rod-and-Disc test (RDT), and postural sway while facing rotating dots. Groups were compared using ANOVA with Results: PPPD patients had significantly higher VVAS scores than dizzy non-PPPD patients ( Conclusion: PPPD patients were more visually dependent, but did not have worse postural balance compared to dizzy non-PPPD patients. Elevated VVAS scores characterized PPPD most in patients with chronic dizziness.

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balancechronic dizzinesspersistent postural-perceptual dizzinessvestibular diseasesvisual dependence

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