Questionnaire evaluation of balance in the performance of everyday activities after acoustic neuroma surgery.
We report the results of a questionnaire survey of balance during the performance of everyday activities in 57 patients who underwent acoustic neuroma surgery from one month to 13 years previously. Performance of everyday activities was temporarily impaired after surgery, but soon recovered to preoperative levels in most items. Unilateral labyrinthine loss impaired balance during actions involving head movement. However, there was no correlation between the results of rotation test VOR and the results of the questionnaire. Here we propose a new method of evaluating balance in everyday activities which takes into account the following five basic factors in assessing the difficulty of every day actions: 1) passivity, 2) involvement of head motion, 3) absence of vision, 4) shifting of center of gravity, 5) reduction of supporting foot area.
Uyama
K
K
Department of Otolaryngology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahashi
M
M
Saito
A
A
Okada
Y
Y
Tomizawa
I
I
Kanzaki
J
J
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004856:Postural Balance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires