Behavioural and physiological tests of clinical indicators of vestibular function.

前庭功能临床指标的行为和生理测试。

• 批准号: nhmrc : 253620
• 负责人: E/Pr Ian Curthoys
• 金额: $ 13.7万
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/behavioural-physiological-tests-vestibular-function/82054
• 关键词: Behavioural; physiological; tests; clinical; indicators

Part of the inner ear is responsible for our sense of balance and for maintaining clear vision and stable posture. Recurring vertigo attacks and persistent imbalance can disrupt the most productive years of patients' lives and balance-related falls account for more the half of accidental deaths in the elderly. Despite this most doctors find dizziness difficult to diagnose and impossible to treat, so specialist Balance Disorders Clinics see many patients a year but still have very long waiting times. There is then clearly a major need to improve the understanding and the treatment of dizzy patients and improvement will come about through scientific understanding of vestibular dysfunction, and technological realization of improvements in the assessment and treatment of patients. This project seeks to identify whether 3 simple new indicators of balance function are valid, using tests on guinea pigs to understand the way in which they work.

内耳的一部分负责我们的平衡感，并保持清晰的视觉和稳定的姿势。反复发作的眩晕和持续的不平衡会破坏患者生命中最具生产力的几年，与平衡有关的福尔斯占老年人意外死亡的一半以上。尽管如此，大多数医生发现头晕很难诊断，也不可能治疗，所以专家平衡障碍诊所一年看到许多病人，但仍然有很长的等待时间。因此，显然主要需要改善对头晕患者的理解和治疗，并且通过对前庭功能障碍的科学理解以及在患者的评估和治疗中的技术实现的改善来实现改善。该项目旨在确定3个简单的平衡功能新指标是否有效，使用豚鼠测试来了解它们的工作方式。