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Migraine and motion sensitivityJoseph M Furman
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, 200 Lothrop Street, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 18:1102-17. 2012..This review also discusses motion sickness and motion sensitivity, including their relationship with migraine, pathophysiology, and treatment...
Vestibular function in migraine-related dizziness: a pilot studyJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
J Vestib Res 15:327-32. 2005..We hypothesize that competing processes of serotonergic excitation and inhibition alter central vestibular pathways differently for semicircular canal vs. otolithic responses and for vestibulo-ocular vs. vestibulo-spinal pathways...
A pilot study of rizatriptan and visually-induced motion sickness in migraineursJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA
Int J Med Sci 6:212-7. 2009..The present study was designed to test whether rizatriptan is also effective in protecting against visually-induced motion sickness and to test whether rizatriptan blocks the augmentation of motion sickness by head pain...- Visual-vestibular interaction during OVAR in the elderlyJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Vestib Res 11:365-70. 2001.... - Orientation of Listing's plane during static tilt in young and older human subjectsJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, EEI Bldg, Ste 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Vision Res 43:67-76. 2003..The only obvious difference between the two age groups was that the "thickness" of Listing's plane was greater in the older subjects. This suggests that aging has a small, but definite, influence on Listing's law... - Migrainous vertigo: development of a pathogenetic model and structured diagnostic interviewJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Curr Opin Neurol 16:5-13. 2003..This review refines recently proposed diagnostic criteria for migraine-related vestibular symptoms, and develops a pathophysiological model for the interface between migraine and the vestibular system... - Vestibulo-ocular function in anxiety disordersJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Vestib Res 16:209-15. 2006..Excessive SMD and height phobia seem to have a mitigating effect on abnormal vestibular sensitivity, possibly via a down-weighting of central vestibular pathways... - Visual-vestibular stimulation interferes with information processing in young and older humansJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, Eye and Ear Institute Building, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Suite 500, 200 Lothrop Street, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Exp Brain Res 152:383-92. 2003.... - Otolith-ocular responses in patients with surgically confirmed unilateral peripheral vestibular lossJoseph M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Vestib Res 13:143-51. 2003..These results have clinical implications for the management of patients with unilateral vestibular loss and provide insights into the process of vestibular compensation especially with respect to the otolith-ocular reflex... - Effect of aging on the otolith-ocular reflexJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, The Eye and Ear Institute, PA 15213, USA
J Vestib Res 11:91-103. 2001.... - Benign paroxysmal positional vertigoJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
N Engl J Med 341:1590-6. 1999..Although many patients with positionally provoked vertigo have typical benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, physicians should be aware of nonbenign variants... - Characteristics of secondary phase post-rotatory nystagmus following off-vertical axis rotation in humansJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Vestib Res 10:143-50. 2000..These results can be explained by a minor modification of an existing VOR model that has been shown to produce secondary phase responses... - Semicircular canal-otolith organ interaction during off-vertical axis rotation in humansJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2:22-30. 2001..These rotational responses can be explained by two competing influences of signals from the otolith organs, one that diminishes the effectiveness of velocity storage and another that contributes to an estimate of head velocity... - Cognitive requirements for vestibular and ocular motor processing in healthy adults and patients with unilateral vestibular lesionsM E Talkowski
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Cogn Neurosci 17:1432-41. 2005.... - Functional reach and single leg stance in patients with peripheral vestibular disordersG C Mann
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
J Vestib Res 6:343-53. 1996..These results support the use of FR as an additional assessment tool with patients who have peripheral vestibular disease... - Space and motion discomfort and abnormal balance control in patients with anxiety disordersR G Jacob
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 80:74-8. 2009..The role of anxiety responses to vestibular testing was also re-examined... - Psychiatric consequences of vestibular dysfunctionR G Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Curr Opin Neurol 14:41-6. 2001..An alternative conceptualization to the common notion of 'psychogenic' dizziness is presented. Implications for patient management are discussed... - Attention influences sensory integration for postural control in older adultsM S Redfern
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 128 EEI Building, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gait Posture 14:211-6. 2001..Further, our data suggest that attentional processes related to inhibitory control are engaged when sensory integration requirements are high... - Vestibular rehabilitation for patients with agoraphobia and vestibular dysfunction: a pilot studyR G Jacob
School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Anxiety Disord 15:131-46. 2001..These improved with rehabilitation. Although the results can be attributed to other explanations, they are not inconsistent with the hypothesis that vestibular dysfunction maintains agoraphobic symptoms in some patients... - Clinical evidence that the vestibular system participates in autonomic controlJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
J Vestib Res 8:27-34. 1998..Two speculative areas discussed in this paper include vestibular-induced orthostatic intolerance and the role of vestibular-respiratory pathways on sleep apnea... - Physical therapy for migraine-related vestibulopathy and vestibular dysfunction with history of migraineS L Whitney
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Laryngoscope 110:1528-34. 2000..To assess the efficacy of physical therapy for patients with a diagnosis of migraine-related vestibulopathy (MRV) or vestibular dysfunction with a history of migraine headache... - The steady-state postural response to continuous sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulationL D Latt
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Gait Posture 18:64-72. 2003..1 Hz and nearly equal at 0.45 Hz in comparison with the single-frequency responses. This study suggests that the postural sway response is nonlinear due to saturation and violation of the principle of superposition... - A clinical taxonomy of dizziness and anxiety in the otoneurological settingJ M Furman
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
J Anxiety Disord 15:9-26. 2001..The final category, neurological linkage, focuses on the overlap in the neurological circuitry involved in balance disorders and anxiety disorders... - Somatosensory cuing of head-only rotational testingJ M Furman
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Vestib Res 9:189-95. 1999..We conclude that somatosensory rather than auditory cuing may be the preferred method of performing HORT... - Physical therapy outcomes for persons with bilateral vestibular lossK E Brown
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Laryngoscope 111:1812-7. 2001..CONCLUSION: Many patients with bilateral vestibular loss benefit from an individualized vestibular physical therapy exercise program based on improved physical function and reduced self-perceived levels of handicap... - The "practical mathematics" of recording three-dimensional eye position using scleral coilsR H Schor
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Methods 25:164-85. 2001..A final section deals with developing a validation protocol for eye movement analysis techniques using mechanical and computer simulations of eye movements... - Physical therapy for central vestibular dysfunctionKathryn E Brown
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:76-81. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Patients with central vestibular dysfunctions improved in both subjective and objective measures of balance after PT intervention. Persons with cerebellar dysfunction improved the least... - Clinical measurement of sit-to-stand performance in people with balance disorders: validity of data for the Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand TestSusan L Whitney
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, 6035 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Phys Ther 85:1034-45. 2005..The FTSST was compared with the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC) and the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI)... - Responses to a virtual reality grocery store in persons with and without vestibular dysfunctionSusan L Whitney
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 9:152-6. 2006..The older subjects traveled a shorter distance and had greater speed of head movements compared with young subjects. Environments with a greater number of products resulted in more head movements and a shorter distance traveled... - Visually induced postural sway in anxiety disordersMark S Redfern
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:704-16. 2007..This subgroup of patients may be amenable to treatment used for patients with balance disorders (i.e., vestibular rehabilitation) that focuses on sensory re-integration processes that address visual sensitivity... - Head sway response to optic flow: effect of age is more important than the presence of unilateral vestibular hypofunctionPatrick J Sparto
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
J Vestib Res 16:137-45. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine how older adults with vestibular impairment use sensory feedback for postural control... - Contribution of vision to balance in children four to eight years of ageMargaretha L Casselbrant
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 116:653-7. 2007..The use of sensory feedback for postural control develops throughout childhood. The aim of this study was to determine how children use cues from anterior-posterior optic flow for balance from 4 to 8 years of age... - Delays in auditory-cued step initiation are related to increased volume of white matter hyperintensities in older adultsPatrick J Sparto
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, 6035 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Exp Brain Res 188:633-40. 2008.... - The influence of dynamic visual cues for postural control in children aged 7-12 yearsPatrick J Sparto
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Exp Brain Res 168:505-16. 2006..However, 7-12-year-old children do not utilize somatosensory cues to stabilize posture to the same extent as adults when visual and somatosensory cues are conflicting... - Illustrative casesJoseph M Furman
Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Eye and Ear Institute, Ste. 500, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Neurol Clin 23:919-33, ix. 2005 - Abnormal eye movements in dizzy patientsKi Bum Sung
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, 1174 Jung-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi 420-607, Korea
Neurol Clin 23:675-703, v. 2005 - Voluntary upper-extremity movements in patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunctionDiane F Borello-France
Department of Physical Therapy, Duquesne University, 111 Health Sciences Bldg, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
Phys Ther 82:216-27. 2002..This study investigated the influence of unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction on voluntary arm movement... - Attentional dynamics in postural control during perturbations in young and older adultsMark S Redfern
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:B298-303. 2002..Sensory selection occurs in young and older adults, but to a greater degree in older subjects... - Vestibular rehabilitation outcomes in patients with a history of migraineDiane M Wrisley
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 6035 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U.S.A
Otol Neurotol 23:483-7. 2002..Patients with a history of migraine perceived a greater handicap from dizziness than did patients without a history of migraine that was greater than the difference in physical function performance measures between groups... - The effect of age on vestibular rehabilitation outcomesSusan L Whitney
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
Laryngoscope 112:1785-90. 2002..The purpose of the retrospective chart review was to compare vestibular rehabilitation outcomes in young versus older adults... - Nonstationarities of postural swayPatrick J Loughlin
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 348 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag 22:69-75. 2003 - Cognitive influences in postural control of patients with unilateral vestibular lossMark S Redfern
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, 110 Eye and Ear Institute Building, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gait Posture 19:105-14. 2004..The site of action may be at the sensory integration level resolving multiple sensory signals for spatial orientation... - Is perception of handicap related to functional performance in persons with vestibular dysfunction?Susan L Whitney
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Centers for Rehab Services, University Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
Otol Neurotol 25:139-43. 2004..The purpose of this study was to determine if scores between 0 and 30 (mild), 31 and 60 (moderate), and 61 and 100 (severe) on the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) differentiated a person's functional abilities... - Effect of preparation on dual-task performance in postural controlMartijn L T M Muller
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, 153 EEI Building, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Mot Behav 36:137-46. 2004.... - "Do try this at home": self-treatment of BPPVJoseph M Furman
Neurology 63:8-9. 2004 - Acrophobia and pathological height vertigo: indications for vestibular physical therapy?Susan L Whitney
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, 6035 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Phys Ther 85:443-58. 2005..The purpose of this case report is to describe the use of vestibular physical therapy intervention following behavioral therapy to reduce a patient's visual dependence and height vertigo... - Diagnosis of migrainous vertigo: validity of a structured interviewDawn A Marcus
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Med Sci Monit 10:CR197-201. 2004..Although the International Headache Society does not currently include the diagnosis of migrainous vertigo, specific criteria have been proposed and utilized in clinical trials... - Motion sickness and migraineRandolph W Evans
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Headache 47:607-10. 2007 - Underdevelopment of the postural control system in autismNancy J Minshew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara St, Webster Hall, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Neurology 63:2056-61. 2004..To determine if abnormalities exist in postural control in autism and if they are related to age... - Motion sickness in migraine sufferersDawn A Marcus
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 6:2691-7. 2005..Studies demonstrating an important relationship between serotonin receptors and motion sickness susceptibility in both rodents and humans suggest possible new motion sickness prevention therapies... - OtoneurologyJoseph M Furman
Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, EEI Building, Suite 500, 5th Floor, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Neurol Clin 23:xi-xiv. 2005 - Prevention of motion sickness with rizatriptan: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot studyDawn A Marcus
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 5750 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, U S A
Med Sci Monit 12:PI1-7. 2006..This double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study was designed to test the hypothesis that pre-treatment with the serotonin agonist rizatriptan would prevent motion sickness provocation in headache-free migraineurs...