Table 1.
Types and incidence of positional nystagmus in the supine head-roll test in patients with VN in the acute stage and at follow-up, and MD
| Variable | Direction-fixed |
Direction-changing |
No nystagmus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paretic type | Recovery type | Geotropic type | Apogeotropic type | ||
| Acute VN (n=65) | 52 (80) | 2 (3) | 3 (5) | 3 (5) | 5 (7) |
| SN+ (n=57) | 51 (90) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) |
| SN– (n=8) | 1 (13) | 0 | 1 (13) | 2 (25) | 4 (49) |
| Follow-up VN (n=65) | 27 (42) | 9 (14) | 6 (9) | 3 (5) | 20 (30) |
| SN+ (n=38) | 24 (63) | 6 (16) | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | 4 (10) |
| SN– (n=27) | 3 (11) | 3 (11) | 3 (11) | 2 (8) | 16 (59) |
| MD (n=65) | 17 (26) | 20 (31) | 7 (11) | 7 (11) | 14 (21) |
| SN+ (n=32) | 12 (38) | 12 (38) | 2 (6) | 2 (6) | 4 (12) |
| SN– (n=33) | 5 (15) | 8 (24) | 5 (15) | 5 (15) | 10 (31) |
Values are presented as number (%).
VN, vestibular neuritis; MD, Meniere disease; SN, spontaneous nystagmus.