Recent advances in head impulse test findings in central vestibular disorders

Neurology
Jeong-Yoon ChoiJi-Soo Kim

Abstract

The head impulse test (HIT) is used to evaluate the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) during a high-velocity head rotation. Corrective catch-up saccades that occur during or after the HITs usually indicate peripheral vestibular hypofunction, whereas in acute vestibular syndrome, normal clinical (bedside) HITs should prompt a search for a central lesion. However, recent quantitative studies that evaluated HITs using magnetic search coils or video-based techniques have demonstrated that specific patterns of HIT abnormalities are associated with central vestibular disorders. While normal clinical HITs are typical of central lesions, discrepancies have been observed between clinical and quantitative HITs. The horizontal head impulse VOR gains can be significantly reduced unilaterally or bilaterally (positive HITs) in lesions involving the vestibular nucleus, nucleus prepositus hypoglossi, or flocculus. In diffuse cerebellar lesions, the VOR gain during horizontal head impulses may increase (hyperactive) with corrective saccades directed the opposite way. The presence of cross-coupled vertical corrective saccades during horizontal HITs is also suggestive of diffuse cerebellar lesions. Lesions involving the vestibular nucleus, medial lon...Continue Reading

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