| Home | E-Submission | Sitemap | Editorial Office |  
top_img
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 20(4); 1977 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1977;20(4): 11-5.
Study on the Vestibular Function Test in Healthy Toung Adults
Soon Dong Jung, MD (Director : Prof. Choong Whan Kim, MD, Jung Il Park, MD)
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea
건강한 청년 남녀에 있어서의 전정기능 검사치에 관한 연구
정순동 (지도 : 김중환, 박정일 교수)
중앙대학교 의과대학 부속 성심병원 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Various kinds of neurophysiologic techniques have been used for testing vestibular function, but there were no available data for Korean people. 25 young healthy medical and nursing school students (male 18, female 7) were teated with Romberg test, gait test, stepping test, and caloric test to obtain normal variation of the test results. The following results were obtained 1. In Romberg test, there was no falling or falling sensation for 1 minute in all cases. 2. About 69% of the cases showed left side deviation in gait test, and the greated deviation was 51.5cm to the right side in female. The ranges of the deviation were as follows. 

Rt.  Lt.
   Male……  20.6cm 9.6cm
   Female… 51.5cm 28.8cm

3. Stepping test showed no backward movements in all cases, and about 57% of the cases showed right side deviation. The greatest deviation was 106.5cm to the left side in 100 steppings. The ranges of the degree of the deviation and the rotation were as follows.

    degree of deviation… 14.0~20.7
    degree of rotation… 18.3~22.8

4. Caloric test was performed with 5cc of ice water on the right side and then on the left side with 5 minutes interval. The range of duration of nystagmus and sense of rotation were as follows.

   Nystagmus :  73.3sec~95.8sec.
   Sense of rotation : 74.2sec~110.8sec.

Duration of the Nystagmus and the sense of rotation on the left side were longer than that on the right side. 

Editorial Office
Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
103-307 67 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04385, Korea
TEL: +82-2-3487-6602    FAX: +82-2-3487-6603   E-mail: kjorl@korl.or.kr
About |  Browse Articles |  Current Issue |  For Authors and Reviewers
Copyright © Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.                 Developed in M2PI
Close layer
prev next