Vestibular rehabilitation using the Nintendo® Wii Balance Board - A user-friendly alternative for central nervous compensation

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-245

  Sparrer, Ingo ^a   Duong Dinh, Thien An ^a   Ilgner, Justus ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute vestibular neuritis; DHI; SOT; Tinneti questionnaire; Vertigo; VSS

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DIZZINESS HANDICAP INVENTORY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; SENSORY ORGANIZATION TEST; TINNETI QUESTIONNAIRE; VERTIGO; VERTIGO SYMPTOM SCALE; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84874067912     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.732707     Document Type: Article

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