The minimal caloric test asymmetric response in vertigo-free migraine patients

Eliana Teixeira Maranhão; Péricles Maranhão Filho; Maurice Borges Vincent; Ronir Raggio Luiz

doi:10.1590/0004-282X20160003

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2016; 74(02): 145-148
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20160003

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The minimal caloric test asymmetric response in vertigo-free migraine patients

A resposta assimétrica ao teste calórico mínimo nos pacientes com enxaqueca sem vertigem

Eliana Teixeira Maranhão

¹Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Setor de Fisioterapia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil;

²American Physical Therapy Association for Vestibular Rehabilitation, Alexandria VA, USA;

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Péricles Maranhão Filho

³Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Serviço de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil;

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Maurice Borges Vincent

³Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Serviço de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil;

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Ronir Raggio Luiz

⁴Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Estudos de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT

Vertigo symptoms and subclinical vestibular dysfunctions may occur in migraine. The Minimal Caloric Test (MCT), an easy-to-perform, convenient and yet informative procedure was used to test the vestibular function in 30 vertigo-free migraine patients outside attacks and 30 paired controls. Although not statistically significant, a right-to-left nystagmus duration asymmetry greater than 25% was present in both groups. This difference was greater in the patients group, suggesting the presence of subclinical vestibular imbalance in migraine.

RESUMO

Vertigem e alterações vestibulares subclínicas têm sido identificadas na enxaqueca. O teste calórico mínimo é simples de realizar, informativo e conveniente. Ele foi realizado em 30 pacientes com enxaqueca sem queixa de vertigem e 30 controles pareados. Embora não estatisticamente significativo, ocorreu assimetria direita-esquerda superior a 25% na duração do nistagmo em ambos os grupos, maior nos pacientes, o que sugere a presença de desequilíbrio vestibular subclínico na enxaqueca.

migraine - vestibular system - minimal caloric test

enxaqueca - sistema vestibular - teste calórico mínimo

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