Dizziness in Saudi Arabia: An epidemiologic study.

Introduction: Dizziness is one of the most common and recurring complaints in adults presenting at the clinic. However, its prevalence in the population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains unclear. We aimed to examine the prevalence and correlates of dizziness in a large sample of the Saudi population.

Electrodermal and postural responses in dizzy adults: Diagnostic indicators of vestibular migraine.

Introduction: No reliable biometric measurement of vestibular involvement with migraine is currently available.

Objective: Measures of autonomic nervous system and postural responses could serve as quantifiable indicators of vestibular involvement with migraine.

Methods: A convenience sample of 22 young healthy adults (34±9 years old) and 23 young adults (34±8 years old) diagnosed with vestibular migraine (VM) participated.

The effects of visual context on visual-vestibular mismatch revealed by electrodermal and postural response measures.

Background: No objective criteria exist for diagnosis and treatment of visual-vestibular mismatch (VVM).

Objective: To determine whether measures of electrodermal activity (EDA) and trunk acceleration will identify VVM when exposed to visual-vestibular conflict.

Methods: A modified VVM questionnaire identified the presence of VVM (+ VVM) in 13 of 23 young adults (34 ± 8 years) diagnosed with vestibular migraine.

Visual-vestibular mismatch correlates with headache.

Background: Dizziness affects 20-30%of the general population. A subgroup of dizzy patients with chronic migraine suffers vertigo implying that the migraine has a vestibular component. Vestibular migraine remains a diagnosis of exclusion based on history.