Fukuda stepping test: Sensitivity and specificity

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 311-314

  Honaker, Julie A ^a   Boismier, Thomas E ^b   Shepard, Nathan P ^c   Shepard, Neil T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Balance Care Center   (United States)

^c Lee and Company PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric irrigations; Fukuda stepping test; Head shake; Unilateral weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUKUDA STEPPING TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349101359     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.5.4     Document Type: Article

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