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      Potencial evocado miogênico vestibular (Vemp): avaliação das respostas em indivíduos normais Translated title: Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (Vemp): evaluation of responses in normal subjects

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          TEMA: o Potencial Evocado Miogênico Vestibular (Vemp) é formado por respostas miogênicas ativadas por estimulação sonora de alta intensidade. Essas respostas são registradas por eletromiografia de superfície sobre a musculatura cervical na presença de contração muscular, ativando a mácula, o nervo vestibular inferior e as vias vestíbulo-espinhais descendentes. OBJETIVO: descrever as respostas evocadas do Vemp em uma população normal. MÉTODO: selecionaram-se 30 sujeitos adultos, sendo 13 homens e 17 mulheres, sem queixas otoneurológicas. Utilizou-se 200 estímulos tone burst com freqüência de 1Hz e intensidade de 118dB Na, filtro passa-banda de 10Hz a 1500Hz. Os traçados obtidos foram analisados em relação ao primeiro potencial bifásico composto por P13 e N23. RESULTADOS: não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre o lado da estimulação em relação a latência e amplitude, porém foi encontrada diferença estatisticamente significativa em relação à amplitude do potencial entre os sexos. CONCLUSÃO: Vemp demonstrou ser uma ferramenta confiável na avaliação da função vestibular.

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          BACKGROUND: the Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (Vemp) is formed by myogenic neurophysiologic responses activated by high-intensity sound stimulation. The response is registered through surface electromyography of the cervical muscles during muscle contraction. The acoustic stimuli activate the saccular macula, the vestibular inferior nerve and the pathways related to the vestibule-spinal descendant nerves. AIM: to describe Vemp parameters in a normal population. METHODS: thirty adults, 13 men and 17 women with no otoneurological complaints were selected. The stimuli were 200 tone burst, with a frequency of 1Hz and intensity of 118 dB Na, band-pass filter ranging from 10Hz to 1500Hz. The first potential biphasic P13-N23 wave was analyzed. RESULTS: no significant difference was observed between the sides of stimulation in terms of latency and amplitude. However, a statistically significant difference was found for amplitude between genders. CONCLUSION: Vemp demonstrated to be a reliable instrument in the clinical assessment of the vestibular function.

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          Age-related changes in the vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials.

          We sought to investigate the effects of gender and age on the vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP). Sixty healthy adult volunteers (28 male and 32 female) were investigated in this study. The subject age was distributed between 20 and 77 years old. No gender-related differences were detected in the VEMP. There was a significant correlation between age and both the evoking threshold and the pInII amplitude of the VEMP, whereas no significant correlation was observed between age and left-right differences of the VEMP. The correlation between age and the parameters of the VEMP is presumably secondary to age-related functional changes in the sensory and neural elements of the VEMP. It is safe to evaluate the VEMP using the value of the non-affected side when assessing unilateral lesions. However, it may be necessary to take age into account in evaluating the VEMP when bilateral lesions are suspected.
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            Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in multiple sclerosis patients

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              Vestibular evoked potentials.

              Loud clicks, short tone bursts, head taps and short duration transmastoid currents are all capable of activating vestibular receptors and evoking reflex changes in tonic electromyogram activity within the sternocleidomastoid muscles. Because they derive from averaged electromyograms, the responses are termed 'vestibular evoked myogenic potentials'. The earliest response ipsilateral to a loud click, p13n23, is dependent upon vestibular activation, specifically saccular afferents. These new techniques are beginning to be applied clinically. An important application is in suspected cases of the Tullio phenomenon, a condition that is characterized by a pathological reduction in click threshold. The techniques have also been applied in the assessment of otolith function, vestibular neuritis, Meniere's disease and vestibular nerve tumours (acoustic neuromas).
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                Journal
                pfono
                Pró-Fono Revista de Atualização Científica
                Pró-Fono R. Atual. Cient.
                Pró-Fono Produtos Especializados para Fonoaudiologia Ltda. (Barueri )
                0104-5687
                December 2008
                : 20
                : 4
                : 249-254
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil
                [3 ] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil
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                S0104-56872008000400008
                10.1590/S0104-56872008000400008
                af2ac95c-e475-41d5-a7b8-a2c2cb314b8b

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                Categories
                AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
                REHABILITATION

                Audiology,Physiotherapy
                Vestibular Function Tests,Evaluation,Standards,Vestibular,Potencial,Avaliação
                Audiology, Physiotherapy
                Vestibular Function Tests, Evaluation, Standards, Vestibular, Potencial, Avaliação

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