Citation

Dispenza F, Gargano R, Mathur N, Saraniti C, Gallina S. Auris Nasus Larynx 2011; 38(2): 185-189.

Affiliation

Dipartimento Discipline Chirurgiche e Oncologiche - U.O. Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.anl.2010.08.007

PMID

20971586

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aims of present research were to analyze the visually guided eye movements of subjects suffering from the consequences of whiplash injury and the possibility to differentiate patients from feigning subject. We analyzed the role of video-nystagmography for clinical and forensic aspects. METHODS: It was a prospective case-control study. Detailed history was taken and patients were thoroughly investigated. Smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements were assessed in 33 patients affected by imbalance following a whiplash injury. A control group of 20 subjects was also evaluated. All tests were executed in neutral neck position and after left and right trunk rotation. RESULTS: The t-test, applied to all parameters showed that difference of the parameter between the groups was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The visually guided eye movement evaluation does not seem to offer a clinically relevant method to differentiate patients suffering from the effects of whiplash injury from normal subjects.

Language: en