Orthostatic postural control in vestibular neuritis: a stabilometric analysis

Posturographic data for 182 vestibular neuritis patients were recorded on a static posturographic platform (stabilometry) with the patients' eyes both open and closed. Three of the parameters studied are presented here: mean position of the center of pressure, area of the statokinesigram, and Romberg's quotient. Vestibular neuritis modifies the performance of the fine-postural system in unpredictable ways, varying with the subject. It may disturb either the mean position of the center of pressure or the integration of visual input. Sixty of the patients in this study did not use visual input to stabilize their position in relation to their surroundings. The value of stabilometry as a method for observing the integration of visual input in the control of orthostatic posture is discussed.