Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science (대한임상검사과학회지)

Korean Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (대한임상검사과학회)
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The Effect of Differences in Age and Sex on Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials

연령과 성별의 차이가 전정 유발근전위에 미치는 영향

  • Moon, Sung-Sik (Department of Electrophysiology Laboratory Yeungnam University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Kyoung-Mi (Department of Electrophysiology Laboratory Yeungnam University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ji (Department of Electrophysiology Laboratory Yeungnam University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Young-Hwal (Department of Clinical Pathology, Daegu Health college)
  • Published : 2007.08.31
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of differences in age and sex on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP), particularly in normal participants. Briefly, the VEMP is a response elicited by loud clicks or tone bursts recorded from the tonically contracted sternocleidomastoid muscle. A total of 72 participants were divided into 6 groups according to their age and sex (20~30/F, 20~30/M, 40~50/F, 40~50/M, ${\geq}60/F$, ${\geq}60/M$). We got the data of latency, amplitude, and asymmetry index of the amplitude(ASI) from them. As a result of this study, there are variations in VEMP amplitudes and ASI depending on the muscle tension and the intensity of stimuli. In contrast, the latency of the response is usually less varied and does not differ significantly.

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