Efficacy of a vibrotactile neurofeedback training in stance and gait conditions for the treatment of balance deficits: A double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter study

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1492-1499

  Basta, Dietmar ^a   Rossi Izquierdo, Marcos ^b   Soto Varela, Andrés ^c   Greters, Mario Edwin ^d   Bittar, Roseli Saraiva ^d   Steinhagen Thiessen, Elisabeth ^e   Eckardt, Rahel ^e   Harada, Tatsuhiko ^f   Goto, Fumiyuki ^g   Ogawa, Kaoru ^h   Ernst, Arne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^g Hino Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^h KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROFEEDBACK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFEEDBACK; POSTURAL BALANCE; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VIBRATION;

EID: 81855221319     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31823827ec     Document Type: Article

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