NEUROCOM® SENSORY IMPAIRMENT ASSESSMENTS
NeuroCom Sensory Impairment Assessments evaluate the patient's effective use of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory information for balance under a variety of changing task conditions. The Sensory Impairment Assessments are complementary to site-of-lesion tests and aid the clinician in accurately identifying and differentiating the specific causes underlying a patient's functional limitations and disabilities.
Sensory Impairment Assessments:
| Test |
Sensory Impairments |
Clinical Application |
| Sensory Organization Test (SOT) |
Postural control
Effective use of sensory systems:
- Vestibular
- Visual
- Somatosensory
Visual-vestibular conflict resolution
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Peripheral/central vestibular deficits
Post head injury
Fall risk (elderly, mobility disorders)
CNS movement disorders
Compensated peripheral vestibular deficits
Medical-legal+
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| Head Shake-Sensory Organization Test (HS-SOT) |
Coordination of head movement and balance control
Balance control under dual-task conditions
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Evaluation of higher performance capabilities
Compensated peripheral vestibular deficits
Post BPPV evaluation
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| modified Sensory Organization Test (mSOT)* |
Postural control
Effective use of sensory systems:
|
Peripheral/central vestibular deficits
Post head injury
Fall risk (elderly, mobility disorders)
CNS movement disorders
Compensated peripheral vestibular deficits
|
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| modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction on Balance (mCTSIB)† |
Balance control under altered conditions |
Identification of the presence of balance problems |
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+The combination of the SOT and MCT protocols is critical to the identification of aphysiologic sway, particularly in medical-legal cases.
*The mSOT does not include assessments of the visual system.
† The mCTSIB does not isolate impairments within individual sensory systems.