title: [Activity of vestibular organs in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis].
abstract: Osteoporosis is a systemic disease characterized by low bone mass and alterations in the microstructure of the skeleton. It is a worldwide disease, most prevalent in women over the age of 70. It is estimated that approximately 15-18% of women over 50 years of age are affected by osteoporosis and further 37-50% of women have decreased bone mass. The percentage of men suffering from this disease is about 40-50% lower. Untreated osteoporosis causes pathologic bone fractures, in particular fractures of the femoral neck, deformations and pain.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  was to evaluate the activity of the vestibular organ in people with advanced osteoporosis, and then to compare the results with a group of people of the same age, not suffering from osteoporosis, and a group of young healthy people.
  
  
  METHODS
  involved 196 women qualified into the following study groups: I group (control group)--100 healthy women aged 50-61 without osteoporotic symptoms, II group (study group)--96 women aged 51-63 with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included evaluation of the character and intensity of vertigo, Romberg, Mann test, static and dynamic posturography, ENG with eyes open and closed, Fitzgerald-Hallpike caloric test in all the women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was found that postmenopausal osteoporosis tends to have central nervous system disorders, peripheral vestibular disorders occur sporadically.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rzewnicki
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Łuczaj
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuryliszyn-Moskal
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terlikowski
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications*; D017698:Postmenopause; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology*