Ocular Motor Disorders and Vertigo

The book covers the clinically most relevant central and peripheral ocular motor and vestibular disorders. Clinically-oriented and easy-to-read, it describes how to take the history of a patient suffering from double vision, blurred vision, opscillopsia, vertigo, or dizziness. The procedure for taking the patient history is poorly understood, resulting in late or no diagnosis in many.

The book also provides a detailed description of how to examine the central and peripheral ocular motor system and the central and peripheral vestibular system. It gives examples of the most common disorders using typical case reports, clinical findings, and appropriate treatment options. It also outlines the current practical treatment of ocular motor and vestibular disorders, which includes physical therapy, drug treatment, surgery, as well as psychotherapy.

This concise book will be essential reading for students, general practitioners, and neurologists, as well as ENT specialists in this difficult and complicated area.

List of contents

Taking the patient's history in: double vision.- blurred vision.- oscillopsia.- vertigo or dizziness.- Clinical examination of: double vision.- blurred vision.- oscillopsia.- vertigo and dizziness.- The most important: central and peripheral ocular motor disorders.- central and peripheral vestibular disorders.- How to treat a patient: central and peripheral ocular motor disorders.- vertigo and dizziness.

About the author

Michael Strupp, MD, FRCP, FANA, FEAN, Professor of Neurology, studied medicine at the Technical University of Aachen and in Rochester, N.Y. Then he worked for three years in basic neurophysiological research, mainly doing patch-clamp recordings (at Baylor College, Houston, in Montpellier and in Munich), before he moved to the Department of Neurology at the University and the German Centre for Vertigo and Balance Disorders at the University of Munich, Germany. 
His particular area of interest is the diagnosis and therapy of vestibular, ocular motor and cerebellar disorders. He is very much engaged in the “International Classification of Vestibular Disorders” of the classification committee of the Bárány Society. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Neuro-otology and Joint Chief Editor of the Journal of Neurology. He has received many clinical and scientific awards, including the Hallpike-Nylen Award 2106 and the Galenus von Pergamon award 2020, is a very passionate teacher and was awarded ‘Best Teacher’ by the German Neurological Society. 
Thomas Brandt, FRCP, FANA, FEAN, Professor of Neurology, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany studied medicine at the Universities of Cologne and Essen, Germany. His clinical training was under Richard Jung in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology in Freiburg, Germany. From 1976 to 1984 he was Director of the Neurological Clinic of the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen, and from 1984 to 2008 Chairman of Neurology and Director of the Department of Neurology, LMU, Munich, Germany. He holds a Hertie Senior Research Professorship since 2008 and was also Chief Executive Director of the German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders of LMU, Munich. Prof. Brandt was formerly President of the German Neurological Society, the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging, the International Society forPosture and Gait Research, and the European Neurological Society. He is an honorary member of the German, British, and French Neurological Societies, a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Art, a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and of the German Academy of Life Scientists, Leopoldina. Awards include the Srinivasan Gold Medal, the Betty and David Koetser Prize for Brain Research, the Bárány Gold Medal, the Doctor Robert Pfleger Award, the Hans Berger Prize, the Wilhelm Erb Medal, the Federal Cross of Merit, Germany, 2016 Charles Eduard Brown-Séquard Lecture, EAN, Copenhagen, and 2017 Masland Award Lecture, WCN, Tokyo.

Summary

The book covers the clinically most relevant central and peripheral ocular motor and vestibular disorders. Clinically-oriented and easy-to-read, it describes how to take the history of a patient suffering from double vision, blurred vision, opscillopsia, vertigo, or dizziness. The procedure for taking the patient history is poorly understood, resulting in late or no diagnosis in many.

The book also provides a detailed description of how to examine the central and peripheral ocular motor system and the central and peripheral vestibular system. It gives examples of the most common disorders using typical case reports, clinical findings, and appropriate treatment options. It also outlines the current practical treatment of ocular motor and vestibular disorders, which includes physical therapy, drug treatment, surgery, as well as psychotherapy.

This concise book will be essential reading for students, general practitioners, and neurologists, as well as ENT specialists in this difficult and complicated area.

Product details

• Authors: Thoma Brandt, Thomas Brandt, Olympia Kremmyda, Michae Strupp, Michael Strupp
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 13.06.2026
• EAN: 9781846285479
• ISBN: 978-1-84628-547-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Illustrations: Approx. 145 p. 80 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Medicine, General practice, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, General Practice and Family Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, General practice (Medicine), Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)