title: [Evaluation of patients with dizziness and normal electronystagmography using stabilometry].
abstract: The causes of dizziness are difficult to be diagnosed. At present we have a variety of tests and exams but none of them can adequately evaluate the vestibular function. The most commonly used tests are electronystagmography and posturography.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to analyze the results of stabilometry in patients with complaints of dizziness who had normal results in electronystagmography and to compare them with a control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was prospective, sectional transverse.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was conducted at the ENT department of the University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro's Federal University. Twenty-two patients (fifteen women and seven men) were evaluated with ages, on average, of 47.6+/-9. The control group was made up of twenty-five healthy individuals (eighteen women and seven men) with ages, on average 46.8+/-7.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all analyzed parameters, there were statistically significant differences between the groups. Comparing the results with eyes closed and opened, the antero-posterior medium velocity, in control group, was the only statistically significant result.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that the group of patients had results statistically significant in relation to the control group in all the analyzed parameters, showing that the group of patients with complaints of dizziness had more instability in standing position than the group of healthy individuals.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. agdbastos@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Adriana Georgia Davim
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: Marco Antonio de Melo Tavares
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Liliam Fernandes
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D004244:Dizziness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004584:Electronystagmography; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception