[Postural control related to age in patients with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo].
OBJECTIVE
To study the relationship between age and posturography in patients with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo.


METHODS
Prospective study performed in 65 patients with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) in any variant. Sensory Organization Test outcomes were recorded and compared with their equivalents in a control group by means of scatter-plot diagrams and regression line. For statistical study, Mann-Whitney's U-test was used.


RESULTS
Slope for regression lines in composite was -0.0934 in group NORMAL; in group BPPV it was -0.4284. This difference is due to conditions 5 and 6. Results were statistically significative.


CONCLUSIONS
BPPV patients have a worse postural control than control group. The difference is bigger the older the patient is. It is due to a failure in conditions 5 and 6, so it should be from a vestibular origin.
Oliva Domínguez
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Clínica Audiológica, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz. molivad@ono.com
Bartual Magro
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Dañino González
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Dañino González
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Roquette Gaona
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Bartual Pastor
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*