[Relation between clinical symptoms and the results of a computerized dynamic posturography]

The computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) is a quantitative method for the evaluation of balance function under different conditions that simulates the ones found in normal life. Its applications are centered in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of balance dysfunction. We report a descriptive study on 96 patients with balance disorders who underwent a CDP, stablishing a relation between their main symptoms and the results in the test. A high percentage of patients with symptoms that suggested peripheral vestibular pathology did not present alterations at this level by means of the CDP. However a considerable number of patients who referred symptoms classically related to a non vestibular origin did show an alteration at this level.