Hamish G MacDougall1, Leigh A McGarvie1, G Michael Halmagyi2, Stephen J Rogers1, Leonardo Manzari1, Ann M Burgess1, Ian S Curthoys1, Konrad P Weber1. 1. From the Vestibular Research Laboratory (H.G.M., S.J.R., A.M.B., I.S.C.), School of Psychology, University of Sydney; Department of Neurology (L.A.M., G.M.H.), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; MSA ENT Academy Center-Cassino (L.M.), Italy; and Departments of Neurology (K.P.W.) and Ophthalmology (K.P.W.), University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland. 2. From the Vestibular Research Laboratory (H.G.M., S.J.R., A.M.B., I.S.C.), School of Psychology, University of Sydney; Department of Neurology (L.A.M., G.M.H.), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; MSA ENT Academy Center-Cassino (L.M.), Italy; and Departments of Neurology (K.P.W.) and Ophthalmology (K.P.W.), University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland. gmh@icn.usyd.edu.au.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: While compensatory saccades indicate vestibular loss in the conventional head impulse test paradigm (HIMP), in which the participant fixates an earth-fixed target, we investigated a complementary suppression head impulse paradigm (SHIMP), in which the participant is fixating a head-fixed target to elicit anticompensatory saccades as a sign of vestibular function. METHODS: HIMP and SHIMP eye movement responses were measured with the horizontal video head impulse test in patients with unilateral vestibular loss, patients with bilateral vestibular loss, and in healthy controls. RESULTS: Vestibulo-ocular reflex gains showed close correlation (R(2) = 0.97) with slightly lower SHIMP than HIMP gains (mean gain difference 0.06 ± 0.05 SD, p < 0.001). However, the 2 paradigms produced complementary catch-up saccade patterns: HIMP elicited compensatory saccades in patients but rarely in controls, whereas SHIMP elicited large anticompensatory saccades in controls, but smaller or no saccades in bilateral vestibular loss. Unilateral vestibular loss produced covert saccades in HIMP, but later and smaller saccades in SHIMP toward the affected side. Cumulative HIMP and SHIMP saccade amplitude differentiated patients from controls with high sensitivity and specificity. CONCLUSIONS: While compensatory saccades indicate vestibular loss in conventional HIMP, anticompensatory saccades in SHIMP using a head-fixed target indicate vestibular function. SHIMP saccades usually appear later than HIMP saccades, therefore being more salient to the naked eye and facilitating vestibulo-ocular reflex gain measurements. The new paradigm is intuitive and easy to explain to patients, and the SHIMP results complement those from the standard video head impulse test. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This case-control study provides Class III evidence that SHIMP accurately identifies patients with unilateral or bilateral vestibulopathies.
OBJECTIVE: While compensatory saccades indicate vestibular loss in the conventional head impulse test paradigm (HIMP), in which the participant fixates an earth-fixed target, we investigated a complementary suppression head impulse paradigm (SHIMP), in which the participant is fixating a head-fixed target to elicit anticompensatory saccades as a sign of vestibular function. METHODS: HIMP and SHIMP eye movement responses were measured with the horizontal video head impulse test in patients with unilateral vestibular loss, patients with bilateral vestibular loss, and in healthy controls. RESULTS: Vestibulo-ocular reflex gains showed close correlation (R(2) = 0.97) with slightly lower SHIMP than HIMP gains (mean gain difference 0.06 ± 0.05 SD, p < 0.001). However, the 2 paradigms produced complementary catch-up saccade patterns: HIMP elicited compensatory saccades in patients but rarely in controls, whereas SHIMP elicited large anticompensatory saccades in controls, but smaller or no saccades in bilateral vestibular loss. Unilateral vestibular loss produced covert saccades in HIMP, but later and smaller saccades in SHIMP toward the affected side. Cumulative HIMP and SHIMP saccade amplitude differentiated patients from controls with high sensitivity and specificity. CONCLUSIONS: While compensatory saccades indicate vestibular loss in conventional HIMP, anticompensatory saccades in SHIMP using a head-fixed target indicate vestibular function. SHIMP saccades usually appear later than HIMP saccades, therefore being more salient to the naked eye and facilitating vestibulo-ocular reflex gain measurements. The new paradigm is intuitive and easy to explain to patients, and the SHIMP results complement those from the standard video head impulse test. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This case-control study provides Class III evidence that SHIMP accurately identifies patients with unilateral or bilateral vestibulopathies.
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