A Tool to Quantify the Functional Impact of Oscillopsia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH) often report symptoms of oscillopsia during walking. Existing assessments of oscillopsia are limited to descriptions of severity and symptom frequency, neither of which provides a description of functional limitations attributed to oscillopsia. A novel questionnaire, the Oscillopsia Functional Impact scale (OFI) was developed to describe the impact of oscillopsia on daily life activities. Questions on the OFI ask how often individuals are able to execute specific activities considered to depend on gaze stability in an effort to link functional mobility impairments to oscillopsia for individuals with vestibular loss.

Methods

Subjective reports of oscillopsia and balance confidence were recorded for 21 individ

SUBMITTER: Anson ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862789 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature