Assessment Methods for Balance and Spatial Perception Orientation Disorders

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Xiaowu Tang

Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology

Dr. Xiaowu Tang is an otolaryngologist at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University. He has been conducting clinical and basic research on vertigo/dizziness-related diseases for over ten years. His research interests include diagnosing and treating Meniere's disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis, sudden deafness, and other related diseases, as well as functional rehabilitation training for patients with balance disorders. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Youth Committee of the Vestibular Disorders Committee of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Education Association. He has made many contributions at national and international conferences.

Yongkang Ou

Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology

Professor Yongkang Ou is the director of the otolaryngology-vertigo department of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University. For over 30 years, he has been conducting clinical and basic research on vertigo/dizziness-related diseases. His research interests include diagnosing and treating Meniere's disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis, sudden deafness, and other related diseases, as well as functional rehabilitation training for patients with balance disorders. He has published over 50 articles and books in this field.He is a member of the Vertigo Collaborative Group of the Chinese Medical Association's Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Branch, the Vice Chairman of the vestibular disorders committee of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Education Society, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Vertigo Rehabilitation Special Committee of the Chinese Rehabilitation Medicine Association. He currently serves as a reviewer for many SCI journals.

Collection Overview

Spatial perception orientation plays a crucial role in regulating the human body's self-balance. Individuals who experience vertigo or dizziness tend to suffer from balance and spatial perception orientation disorders. However, as spatial orientation disorder is a subjective symptom of self-awareness, it is often considered an "imagined disease," which can lead to missed diagnoses or undiagnosable cases.

Therefore, proper screening and evaluation of spatial orientation are crucial challenges in treating vertigo or dizziness. Currently, there are various screening and evaluation methods available for analyzing balance and spatial perception orientation, including the DHI scale, videonystagmographic (VNG), video-head impulse test (vHIT), vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP), and imaging examinations. Despite this, some patients with dizziness do not receive a clear explanation for their examination results in clinical practice.

This JoVE Methods Collection will recruit all methods that subserve balance and spatial perception orientation screening and evaluation in the hope of facilitating vertigo and dizziness research. These methods include vestibular function assessment methods or verification of their diagnostic efficacy through large-sample studies; brain functional characteristics of vertigo/dizziness patients and multimodal brain imaging; and combinations of multiple methods or reports of other new methods.