Static postural control with aging in a vertical direction and on a horizontal plane

Vertigo, dizziness and giddiness are one of frequent complaints met in home doctors, and the sensation of vertigo occurs so frequent especially for aged people. In home doctors, most of the patients with vertiginous complaints were consulted to a nearest otologist or neurologist, or were to start medical therapy without an established diagnosis. Major vertigious patients were far from serious pathology like as acoustic tumor, cerebellar infarction or bleeding[1], and minor patients were diagnosed as Meniere disease[2], vestibular neuronitis, or benign paroxysmal positional nystagmus[3]. Most vertigious patients have smooth prognosis with the conservative therapy of medication. Aged people are known to show declines in postural 〔千葉医学 85:169~ 175, 2009〕