Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/1942/32697
Title: | The Antwerp Vestibular Compensation Index (AVeCI): an index for vestibular compensation estimation, based on functional balance performance | Authors: | VERBECQUE, Evi Wuyts, Floris L. Vanspauwen, Robby Van Rompaey, Vincent van de Heyning, Paul Vereeck, Luc |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | SPRINGER | Source: | EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY, 278, p. 1755–1763 | Abstract: | Purpose To create an index that is a measure of the amount of vestibular compensation and for which only functional balance performance is needed. Methods The medical charts of 62 eligible peripheral vestibular dysfunction (PVD) patients were analyzed retrospectively. To be included, the following vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and balance performance data had to be available: (1) caloric and sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test (SHA) and (2) standing balance sum-eyes closed (SBS-EC), Timed Up and Go Test and Dynamic Gait Index. Patients were divided into three groups: normal caloric- and SHA test (group 1), abnormal caloric- and normal SHA test (group 2, PVD compensated) and abnormal caloric- and SHA test (group 3, PVD uncompensated). Next to the use of non-parametric tests to study the VOR and balance variables, logistic regression was used to identify the balance measures that predict whether PVD patients were compensated or uncompensated. This resulted also in the construction of a continuous measure representing the degree of compensation. Results Logistic regression identified SBS-EC and age to classify uncompensated from compensated patients with sensitivity of 83.9% and specificity of 72.4%. Then an index was created, called the Antwerp Vestibular Compensation Index, AVeCI = - 50 + age x 0.486 + SBS-EC x 0.421. A patient belongs to the uncompensated group when AVeCI < 0 and to the compensated group when AVeCI > 0, with respective group means of - 5 and 5. Conclusion AVeCI stages the degree of compensation of PVD patients and can serve to evaluate rehabilitation effects. | Notes: | Wuyts, FL (corresponding author), Univ Antwerp, Lab Equilibrium Invest & Aerosp LEIA, Univ Pl 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.; Wuyts, FL (corresponding author), GZA Hosp Antwerp, European Inst Otorhinolaryngol, Antwerp, Belgium. Floris.Wuyts@uantwerpen.be |
Other: | Wuyts, FL (corresponding author), Univ Antwerp, Lab Equilibrium Invest & Aerosp LEIA, Univ Pl 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium ; GZA Hosp Antwerp, European Inst Otorhinolaryngol, Antwerp, Belgium. Floris.Wuyts@uantwerpen.be | Keywords: | Postural balance;Vestibular function tests;Adult;Functional assessment | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/32697 | ISSN: | 0937-4477 | e-ISSN: | 1434-4726 | DOI: | 10.1007/s00405-020-06192-4 | ISI #: | WOS:000556173400004 | Rights: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
Appears in Collections: | Research publications |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
s00405-020-06192-4.pdf | Published version | 726.73 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations
8
checked on Sep 20, 2024
Page view(s)
40
checked on Sep 6, 2022
Download(s)
38
checked on Sep 6, 2022
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.