Table 3.
Access to and use of vestibular assessment equipment
Equipment | No. responding | Always | Never | No access | Sometimes | Would use if I had access |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrared goggles with recording | 408 | 10.0 | 19.6 | 64.7 | 4.9 | 16.2 |
Infrared goggles, no recording | 398 | 12.1 | 45.0 | 37.9 | 7.0 | 8.5 |
Balance: Equitest | 394 | 0.8 | 21.3 | 74.4 | 4.1 | 12.9 |
Balance: Balance master | 396 | 1.0 | 21.2 | 74.7 | 5.6 | 12.1 |
Static force plate | 405 | 8.9 | 18.5 | 62.0 | 11.9 | 9.1 |
Dynamic force plate | 396 | 5.8 | 19.9 | 66.2 | 8.6 | 12.4 |
Frenzel lenses | 415 | 9.9 | 24.8 | 44.1 | 20.0 | 14.2 |
Subjective visual vertical (bucket test) | 398 | 12.3 | 23.1 | 41.2 | 25.4 | 6.5 |
ETDRS | 272 | 7.4 | 37.5 | 48.2 | 8.5 | 5.1 |
Snellen | 416 | 18.5 | 21.4 | 37.0 | 26.2 | 3.6 |
Computerised gaze stabilisation test | 279 | 5.1 | 29.7 | 56.5 | 6.5 | 18.8 |
Video head impulse test | 409 | 10.5 | 20.5 | 55.3 | 19.3 | 8.8 |
Treadmill DVA | 391 | 2.3 | 27.9 | 60.1 | 10.2 | 11.5 |
Optokinetic drum | 405 | 9.1 | 24.7 | 56.3 | 13.3 | 7.2 |
Computerized optokinetic test | 275 | 5.5 | 29.8 | 57.1 | 7.3 | 14.9 |
High-density foam | 435 | 45.3 | 9.0 | 17.0 | 31.0 | 0.7 |
Computerised gait analysis | 393 | 5.6 | 24.7 | 58.8 | 12.0 | 11.2 |
Known and marked out gait test | 431 | 45.2 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 33.4 | 1.6 |
Known and marked out Fukuda test | 441 | 37.6 | 18.1 | 13.4 | 30.4 | 2.3 |
Rotatory chair | 416 | 15.9 | 23.6 | 35.6 | 25.2 | 7.2 |
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