Correlation between Rotating Chair Test and Dizziness Handicap Inventory in Patients with Acute Unilateral Vestibular Neuritis

Lee, Hyeong Joo; Kim, Jin Yong; Hur, Dong Gu; Ahn, Seong Ki

Research in Vestibular Science > Volume 15(2); 2016 > Article

Original Article

Research in Vestibular Science 2016;15(2): 51-54.

급성 일측 전정신경염 환자에서 회전의자검사와 Dizziness

이형주¹, 김진용¹, 허동구^1,2, 안성기^1,2

¹경상대학교 의학전문대학원 이비인후과학교실
²경상대학교 의학전문대학원 건강과학연구원

Correlation between Rotating Chair Test and Dizziness Handicap Inventory in Patients with Acute Unilateral Vestibular Neuritis

Hyeong Joo Lee¹, Jin Yong Kim¹, Dong Gu Hur^1,2, Seong Ki Ahn^1,2

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
²Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

Correspondence

Seong Ki Ahn ,Tel: +82-55-750-8178, Fax: +82-55-759-0613, Email: skahn@gnu.ac.kr

Received: April 19, 2016; Revised: May 10, 2016 Accepted: May 15, 2016. Published online: June 15, 2016.

ABSTRACT

Objective:   Vestibular neuritis (VN) is one of the most common causes of acute spontaneous vertigo. However, such dizziness symptoms in patients with VN vary among patients, and various methods are used to evaluate subjective vestibular symptoms following attack of VN. Studies on correlation between subjective vestibular symptom changes and result of rotation chair test after vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) have not been reported. Therefore, we compared change of dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) and results of rotation chair test in patients with VN between attack and 3 month later following VRT.
Methods:   Forty-seven patients were included in this study. In patients with VN, DHI and rotation chair test were performed at the time of VN attack and recovery time of 3 months after VN attack.
Results:   In general, the DHI score and the percentage of directional preponderance (DP) in a rotation chair test performed on patients with VN have all decreased. However, the changes in these results were not statistically significant. DP% difference and DHI score were compared to each other among patients with VN and showed no relational significance to each other (r=0.326).
Conclusion:   The degree of improvement in a rotation chair test done on patients with VN did not reflect the severity of improvement for symptom like dizziness.

Keywords: Rotating chair; Vestibular neuronitis; Dizziness handicap inventory