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Table 1 |
Admission VFT1 (n = 8) |
Discharge VFT2 (n = 8) |
Follow-Up 3MFU (n = 8) |
Normative data (n = 15) |
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Time of assessment |
2.13 days |
9.63 days |
6.53 months |
NA |
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Nystagmus slow phase velocity (degrees/second) Centre Away from lesion Towards lesion |
1.50 (SD 2.51) 3.50 (SD 3.30) 2.00 (SD 3.25) |
0 (SD 0) 0.88 (SD 1.25) 0.38 (SD 1.06) |
0.38 (SD 1.06) 1.25 (SD 2.31) 0.13 (SD 0.35) |
Centre: 0.15 (SD 0.60) Left: 0.23 (SD 0.70) Right: 1.54 (SD 2.00) |
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Optokinetic response Gain Away from Lesion Towards Lesion |
54% (SD 19%) 64% (SD 16%) |
53% (SD 20%) 56% (SD 27%) |
48% (SD 25%) 48% (SD 28%) |
Left: 65% (SD 25%) Right: 64% (SD 29%) |
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Smooth pursuit gain 0.2Hz 0.3Hz 0.4Hz |
86% (SD 10%) 78% (SD 12%) 72% (SD 10%) |
85% (SD 14%) 84% (SD 12%) 71% (SD 15%) |
89% (SD 12%) 84% (SD 12%) 72% (SD 13%) |
94% (SD 13%) 91% (SD 14%) 82% (SD 15%) |
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Saccadic Accuracy away from lesion Accuracy towards lesion Latency away from lesion Latency towards lesion |
96.55% (SD 2.79%) 96.56% (SD 4.53%) 195.38 (SD 11.59) 193.06 (SD 13.19) |
97.94% (SD 2.09%) 96.16% (SD 4.68%) 195.03 (SD 18.34) 191.02 (SD 19.10) |
98.13% (SD 2.36%) 97.72% (SD 2.83%) 193.53 (SD 18.65) 194.52 (SD 30.18) |
Left: 96.98% (SD 6.11%) Right: 100.30% (SD 3.85%) Left: 190.00 (SD 18.61) Right: 186.46 (SD 23.60) |
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VOR sinusoidal rotation Gain 0.2Hz (n=8) Asymmetry 0.2Hz (n=8) Gain 0.32Hz (n=7) Asymmetry 0.32Hz (n=7) |
43% (SD 14%) 19% (SD 17%) 42% (SD 14%) 20% (SD 18%) |
42% (SD 15%) 6% (SD 17%) 48% (SD 18%) 1% (SD 26%) |
44% (SD 17%) 5% (SD 9%) 49% (SD 11%) 5% (SD 9%) |
50% (SD 21%) 0% (SD 0.08%) 54% (SD 19%) 0.03% (SD 0.08%) |
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VOR step rotation Time constant away lesion (per) Time constant towards lesion (per) |
10.74 (SD 3.96) 6.17 (SD 3.76) |
10.14 (SD 5.13) 6.36 (SD 4.87) |
9.70 (SD 3.58) 6.99 (SD 2.88) |
Left: 9.23 (SD 4.88) Right: 9.64 (SD 7.55) |
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Vertical Perception (degrees from vertical) Static stimulus Dynamic stimulus (away from lesion) Dynamic stimulus (towards lesion) |
-0.25 (SD 1.01) -0.21 (SD 1.21) 1.55 (SD 1.52) |
-0.41 (SD 0.90) 0.92 (SD 0.91) 1.81 (SD 2.16) |
-0.13 (SD 0.85) 0.84 (SD 1.35) 0.98 (SD 0.97) |
-0.04 (SD 0.54) Anti-Clockwise: 0.58 (SD 0.79) Clockwise: 0.91 (SD 0.74) |
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Posturography (velocity in cm/s) Feet apart eyes open (FAEO) Feet apart eyes closed (FAEC) Feet together eyes open (FTEO) Feet together eyes closed (FTEC) Tandem eyes open (TEO) Tandem eyes closed (TEC) Measured time in TEC |
10.88 (SD 3.14) 23.75 (SD 20.24) 23.47 (SD 8.26) 74.45 (SD 56.93) 54.89 (SD 22.23) 146.81 (SD 75.44) 14.2 seconds (range 0-30) |
12.59 (SD 2.10) 19.09 (SD 7.74) 21.15 (SD 9.30) 48.22 (SD 41.81) 45.07 (SD 26.07) 70.38 (SD 27.04) 18.3 seconds (range 0-30) |
11.87 (SD 4.88) 17.75 (SD 13.75) 16.06 (SD 5.90) 30.22 (SD 21.69) 29.20 (SD 9.76) 66.52 (SD 29.26) 25 seconds (range 0-30) |
17.83 (SD 4.05) 19.92 (SD 4.11) 19.25 (SD 3.87) 23.49 (SD 3.64) 34.63 (SD 7.65) 73.14 (SD 32.97) 24 seconds (range 6-30) |
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Dynamic gait index (DGI) |
19 (range 16-23) |
23 (range 20-24) |
24 (range 23-24) |
Total = 24 Reference scores:32 > 22 = safe ambulators < 19 = predictive of falls |
VOR = vestibulo-ocular reflex