Jessica Wunderlich1, Anna Behler1, Jens Dreyhaupt2, Albert C Ludolph1, Elmar H Pinkhardt1, Jan Kassubek3. 1. Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081, Ulm, Germany. 2. Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. 3. Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081, Ulm, Germany. jan.kassubek@uni-ulm.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The eponymous feature of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is oculomotor impairment which is one of the relevant domains in the Movement Disorder Society diagnostic criteria. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the value of specific video-oculographic parameters for the use as diagnostic markers in PSP. METHODS: An analysis of video-oculography recordings of 100 PSP patients and 49 age-matched healthy control subjects was performed. Gain of smooth pursuit eye movement and latency, gain, peak eye velocity, asymmetry of downward and upward velocities of saccades as well as rate of saccadic intrusions were analyzed. RESULTS: Vertical saccade velocity and saccadic intrusions allowed for the classification of about 70% and 56% of the patients, respectively. By combining both parameters, almost 80% of the PSP patients were covered, while vertical velocity asymmetry was observed in approximately 34%. All parameters had a specificity of above 95%. The sensitivities were lower with around 50-60% for the velocity and saccadic intrusions and only 27% for vertical asymmetry. CONCLUSIONS: In accordance with oculomotor features in the current PSP diagnostic criteria, video-oculographic assessment of vertical saccade velocity and saccadic intrusions resulted in very high specificity. Asymmetry of vertical saccade velocities, in the opposite, did not prove to be useful for diagnostic purposes.
BACKGROUND: The eponymous feature of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is oculomotor impairment which is one of the relevant domains in the Movement Disorder Society diagnostic criteria. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the value of specific video-oculographic parameters for the use as diagnostic markers in PSP. METHODS: An analysis of video-oculography recordings of 100 PSPpatients and 49 age-matched healthy control subjects was performed. Gain of smooth pursuit eye movement and latency, gain, peak eye velocity, asymmetry of downward and upward velocities of saccades as well as rate of saccadic intrusions were analyzed. RESULTS: Vertical saccade velocity and saccadic intrusions allowed for the classification of about 70% and 56% of the patients, respectively. By combining both parameters, almost 80% of the PSPpatients were covered, while vertical velocity asymmetry was observed in approximately 34%. All parameters had a specificity of above 95%. The sensitivities were lower with around 50-60% for the velocity and saccadic intrusions and only 27% for vertical asymmetry. CONCLUSIONS: In accordance with oculomotor features in the current PSP diagnostic criteria, video-oculographic assessment of vertical saccade velocity and saccadic intrusions resulted in very high specificity. Asymmetry of vertical saccade velocities, in the opposite, did not prove to be useful for diagnostic purposes.
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