Zusammenfassung
Um Unterschiede bei kompensatorischen Augenbewegungen und bei Blickfixation aufzudecken, wurde bei normalen Versuchspersonen und bei Patienten mit beiderseitigem Verlust der Labyrinthfunktion die passive Kopf- und Körperrotation sowie die aktive Kopfrotation durchgeführt. Bei den normalen Versuchspersonen ergaben sich keine Besonderheiten. Die Untersuchung der Patienten zeigte, daß die Beobachtung der kompensatorischen Augenbewegung und der Blickfixation während der passiven Rotation zur Aufdeckung von Störungen des vestibulookulären Reflexes nützlich ist.
Summary
To detect differences in compensatory eye movement and gaze fixation, normal subjects and patients with bilateral loss of labyrinthine functions were subjected to passive head-and-body rotation and performed active head rotation. In normal subjects, there was no difference between passive and active rotation with respect to compensatory eye movement in the dark and spatial gaze fixation; on the other hand, the ability to gaze fixedly on a head-fixed target was better during passive than active rotation. In our patients, the findings obtained upon passive rotation resembled those already reported for active rotation, indicating that observing compensatory eye movements and gaze fixation during passive rotation is useful in the detection of disorders of the vestibulo-ocular reflex.
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Takahashi, M., Uemura, T. & Fujishiro, T. Compensatory eye movement and gaze fixation upon passive head- and body rotation and active head rotation. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 238, 157–166 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454308
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454308