title: [Head-thrust test: its validity as a diagnostic clinical test].
abstract: The head-thrust test is presented as an ideal test to investigate the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex. We review its theoretical basis, and assess it as a diagnostic test with a 22 patient series. Its specificity accounts for 100% and the sensibility for 54%. Would this test substitute in the future the caloric test?
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Cádiz, Cátedra y Servicio de O.R.L. del Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real (SAS).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martín García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bartual
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ariza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Teno
mesh_terms: D002150:Caloric Tests; D019416:Head Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity