Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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경부 기원성 어지럼: 어지럼의 양상과 복합 치료의 결과

박시내1, 박경호1, 박소영1, 유영화1, 남인철1, 여상원1,*
Shi-Nae Park1, Kyoung-Ho Park1, So Young Park1, Young-Hwa Yoo1, In-Chul Nam1, Sang Won Yeo1,*
1가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surg, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*교신저자: 여상원, 137-040 서울 서초구 반포동 505 가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 전화: (02) 590-1349·전송: (02) 595-1354 E-mail: swyeo@catholic.ac.kr

© Copyright 2007 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Nov 27, 2006; Accepted: Mar 08, 2007

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: The diagnosis and treatment modalities of cervicogenic dizziness have not been well known to otologic area. We performed this study to analyze the clinical characteristics of the patients diagnosed as cervicogenic dizziness and to present diagnostic approach and the results of treatment method for those patients. Materials and Method: Forty-one patients who were diagnosed as cervicogenic dizziness were included in the study. The assessments were based on history, physical examination, audiometry, vestibular function test and cervical spine roentgenogram. After combination treatment with medicine and physical therapy, therapeutic responses were measured by verbal analog scale and dizziness handicap inventory (DHI). Results: Almost 80% of the patients complained unsteadiness. Most of the patients showed accompanying headache and eyeball discomfort with tender points in trapezius muscles. Sixty seven percent of the patients showed the abnormal findings in cervical spine roentgenogram. Most of the patients (94%) showed the improvement in their symptoms and in DHI after treatment (p<0.01). Conclusion: Understanding the clinical characteristics, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for cervicogenic dizziness might be helpful to manage the patients with dizziness. More objective diagnostic tool should be developed. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2007;18:54–59)

Keywords: 어지럼; 경부기원성
Keywords: Dizziness; Cervicogenic