Dizziness Şikayeti Olan Bireylerde Baş Sallama-Duyu Organizasyon Testi'nin Tanısal Öneminin Araştırılması

Abstract

It is hard to determine balance problems with conventional balance tests for problems recurring more by day like Dizziness. For this reason Head Shake – Sensory Organization Test (HS-SOT) has been developed as a modification of Sensory Organization Test (SOT). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the specificity and effectiveness of HS-SOT on patients with normal SOT scores despite of dizziness complaints. The results of 20 individuals between ages 20 to 51 with dizziness complaints tested with HS-SOT are compared to 20 healthy ones. The participants have been tested with HS-SOT in accordance with VNG and DHI. On the 2nd and 5th conditions of the standard SOT, HS-SOT has been applied to the participants on three different planes (yaw, pitch, roll). When the scores and score ratios are evaluated between the two groups on 3 different planes, a significant difference (p<.05) has been found on HS-SOT 5. There was no significant difference between the scores of the two groups in SOT and HS-SOT 2 on three planes (p>.05). No significant difference has been found for HSSOT 2 on any plane (p>.05). When the sensitivity and specificity ratios are examined, the most specific condition was in the pitch plane (100%) followed by in the yaw (%95) and roll plane (%95) has been found for HS-SOT 5. It has been concluded that head movements are an important parameter for the evaluation of Computerized Dynamic Posturography and head shake modification can be used efficiently on individuals suffering dizziness.