title: [Clinical values of the sensory organization test in vestibular diseases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical values of Sensory Organization Test (SOT) of dynamic posturography in the diagnosis of peripheral vertigo.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 112 patients with peripheral vertigo were retrospectively analyzed. All the patients firstly underwent the inspection of SOT followed by caloric test. The results were conducted a comparative analysis. Assessments of SOT evaluated the patient's effective use of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory information for balance control during a variety of changing task conditions. The unilateral weakness was selected as assessment parameter of caloric test. Fourty-two healthy subjects were selected as control group underwent the dynamic posturography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 42 cases of control group, results of SOT in dynamic posturography were normal. The SOT composite scores owned a significant difference between control and peripheral vertigo subjects. Among the 112 cases with peripheral vertigo, results of SOT in dynamic posturography were abnormal in 37 cases, with a sensitivity of 33.0%; caloric test was abnormal in 72 cases, with a sensitivity of 64.3%. There existed a significant difference between dynamic posturography and caloric test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SOT is a key test in dynamic posturography that reflects the balance reconstruction after peripheral injury, and provides information about the integration and proportion of the visual, proprioceptive, and vestibular components of balance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin 300192, China; Email: cts501@sohu.com.
authors.forename: Taisheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors.forename: Kaixu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D002150:Caloric Tests; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D004856:Postural Balance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology