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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2016 Jun 18;49:67–72. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.06.024

Table 2.

Clinical utility indices for modified HS-SOT test conditions for distinguishing between patients with caloric unilateral weakness ≥ 25% (n = 10) and patients without significant caloric unilateral weakness (n = 5).

Condition Sensitivity Specificity False Negative Rate (100−
sensitivity)
False Positive Rate (100−
specificity)
Positive Likelihood
Ratio
Negative Likelihood
Ratio
AUC Cut-point*
SOT2a 80 20 20 80 1.00 0.50 0.44 ≤91.15
HS 2 60°/sb 60 40 40 60 1.00 1.00 0.45 ≤92.00
HS 2 120°/
  sc
44 33 56 67 0.65 1.69 0.37 ≤89.34
SOT5d 50 40 50 60 0.83 1.25 0.34 ≤62.17
HS 5 15°/se 70 100 30 0 0 0.3 0.90 ≤51.67
HS 5 60°/sf 70 60 30 40 1.75 0.75 0.69 ≤37.58
Slopeg 60 60 40 40 1.5 0.66 0.70 ≤−13.06
*

Cut-point value represents equilibrium score discriminating between patients and healthy controls for identifying peripheral vestibular system involvement.

a

Sensory Organization Test (SOT) Conditions 2.

b

Head-shake posturography SOT condition 2 with horizontal head movements at 60°/s.

c

Head-shake posturography SOT condition 2 with horizontal head movements at 120°/s.

d

Sensory Organization Test (SOT) Condition 5.

e

Head-shake posturography SOT condition 5 with horizontal head movements at 15°/s.

f

Head-shake posturography SOT condition 2 with horizontal head movements at 60°/s.

g

Slope of linear regression best fit line between condition task difficulty (a–f) equilibrium scores.