Postural control according to the age in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
OBJECTIVE
To study the relationship between age and postural control in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.


METHODS
Prospective study performed in 65 diagnosed patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in any of its variants. The results of the Sensory Organization Test are compared with their equivalent in a control group by means of scatterplot and regression lines. For the statistical study the Mann-Whitney's U test was used.


RESULTS
In the NORMAL group, the regression line for composite has a 0.0934 slope; in the BPPV group, 0.4284. This difference is due to conditions 5 and 6 fundamentally, the results being statistically significant.


CONCLUSIONS
The patients with BPPV have a worse postural control than the group control. This difference is much more pronounced the older the patient, and is of vestibular origin.
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Oliva Domínguez
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Bartual Magro
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Dañino González
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Roquette Gaona
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Bartual Pastor
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D011187:Posture; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*