Eye motility dysfunction after soft-tissue injury of the cervical spine. A controlled, prospective study of 38 patients.
We investigated eye motility prospectively in 40 patients with a soft-tissue injury of the cervical spine. The initial oculomotor test, performed within 3 months, was pathologic in 8 patients. The follow-up test in 38 patients, on average 15 months after the accident, remained pathologic in the 8 patients and 5 additional patients had changed from normal to pathologic test results. At follow-up, all the 13 patients with oculomotor dysfunction had persisting symptoms, while 5 of the 25 cases with normal test results still were symptomatic.
Department of Orthopedics, University of Umeå, Sweden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*