Diagnostic Value of Clinical Cervical Spine Tests in Patients With Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

Figures

Figure 1.

Adapted Spurling test.

Figure 2.

Locations of trigger points in the levator scapulae muscle (left) and splenius capitis muscle (right).

Figure 3.

Locations of trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle (left) and sternocleidomastoid muscle (right).

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics^{^a}

Table 2.

Tinnitus Characteristics: Average (SD)^{^a}

↵^a CST=cervicogenic somatic tinnitus, VAS=visual analog scale, PTA=pure tone average, R=right ear, L=left ear.

Table 3.

Clinimetric Properties^{^a}

↵^a LR+=positive likelihood ratio, LR−=negative likelihood ratio, NBQ=Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire, AST=adapted Spurling test, CCFT=craniocervical flexion test.

Vol 95 Issue 11 Table of Contents

Diagnostic Value of Clinical Cervical Spine Tests in Patients With Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

Sarah Michiels, Paul Van de Heyning, Steven Truijen, Willem De Hertogh

Physical Therapy Nov 2015, 95 (11) 1529-1535; DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20140457