Vestibular hyperreactivity in patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis.
Ocular motor tests performed on 14 patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis were normal. The vestibulo-ocular reflex tested in eight patients showed a significant high level in seven. It is suggested that this phenomenon is secondary rather than the cause of spasmodic torticollis.
Huygen
P L
PL
Department of Otolaryngology, Academic Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Verhagen
W I
WI
Van Hoof
J J
JJ
Horstink
M W
MW
D000328:Adult; D002150:Caloric Tests; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic; D014103:Torticollis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*