[Head-thrust test: its validity as a diagnostic clinical test].
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?
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Universidad de Cádiz, Cátedra y Servicio de O.R.L. del Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real (SAS).
Martín García
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Bartual
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Ariza
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García Teno
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D002150:Caloric Tests; D019416:Head Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity