Diagnostic accuracy of a smartphone bedside test to assess the fixation suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex: when
- PDF / 756,493 Bytes
- 5 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 19 Downloads / 162 Views
SHORT COMMENTARY
Diagnostic accuracy of a smartphone bedside test to assess the fixation suppression of the vestibulo‑ocular reflex: when nothing else matters Florin Gandor1,2 · Manfred Tesch3 · Hannelore Neuhauser4 · Doreen Gruber1,2 · Hans‑Jochen Heinze2 · Georg Ebersbach1 · Thomas Lempert3 Received: 10 February 2020 / Revised: 20 May 2020 / Accepted: 22 May 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Objective Validation of a bedside test to objectify the fixation suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (FS-VOR) in patients with a cerebellar syndrome and healthy controls. Methods The vestibulo-ocular reflex and its fixation suppression were assessed by video-nystagmography (VNG) in 20 healthy subjects (mean age 56 ± 15) and 19 patients with a cerebellar syndrome (mean age 70 ± 11). The statistical cutoff delineating normal from pathological FS-VOR was determined at the 2.5th percentile of the normal distribution of the healthy cohort. VNG was then compared to a bedside test, where eye movements were recorded with a smartphone while patients were rotated on a swivel chair at a defined speed and amplitude. These videos were rated as normal or pathological FS-VOR by six blinded raters, and results compared to VNG. Results VNG in healthy controls showed FS-VOR with a reduction of nystagmus beats by 95.0% ± 7.2 (mean ± SD). The statistical cutoff was set at 80.6%. Cerebellar patients reduced nystagmus beats by only 26.3% ± 25.1. Inter-rater agreement of the smartphone video ratings was 85%. The sensitivity of the video ratings to detect an impaired FS-VOR was 99%, its specificity 92%. Inter-test agreement was 91%. Conclusion The smartphone bedside test is an easily performed, reliable, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive alternative for assessing FS-VOR. Keywords Vestibulo-ocular reflex · Fixation suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex · Bedside test · Cerebellar syndrome
Introduction Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-09947-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Fixation suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (FSVOR) is a reliable clinical test of cerebellar function [1, 2], and its disturbance indicative of cerebellar pathology [1,
* Florin Gandor gandor@kliniken‑beelitz.de
Thomas Lempert thomas.lempert@schlosspark‑klinik.de
Manfred Tesch manfred.tesch@schlosspark‑klinik.de
1
Hannelore Neuhauser [email protected]
Movement Disorders Hospital, Kliniken Beelitz GmbH, Strasse nach Fichtenwalde 16, 14547 Beelitz‑Heilstätten, Germany
2
Doreen Gruber gruber@kliniken‑beelitz.de
Department of Neurology, Otto-Von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
3
Hans‑Jochen Heinze hans‑[email protected]
Department of Neurology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Berlin, Germany
4
Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Georg Ebersbach ebersbach@kliniken‑beelitz.de
13
Vol.:(0123456789)
3, 4]. In movement disorders, it can serve as
Data Loading...
