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oscillating tracking test
Indications:
- balance disorder
- assessment of accidental falls
- falls in the elderly
Clinical significance:
- evaluates the ability of the patient to keep a moving visual target registered on the fovea
Procedure:
- the patient watches a light as it moves back & forth in a smooth pendular fashion
- the computer computes the gain (target velocity divided by eye velocity) & compares the gain to age matched norms
General
clinical procedure
References
- Micromedical Technologies
http://www.micromedical.com/cptcodes.html