Effectiveness of Conventional Versus Virtual Reality-Based Balance Exercises in Vestibular Rehabilitation for Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Loss: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1319-1328.e1

  Meldrum, Dara ^a   Herdman, Susan ^b   Vance, Roisin ^c   Murray, Deirdre ^c   Malone, Kareena ^c   Duffy, Douglas ^d   Glennon, Aine ^a   McConn Walsh, Rory ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Gait; Postural balance; Rehabilitation; Vestibular diseases; Virtual reality exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES BALANCE CONFIDENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GAIT SPEED; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSORY ORGANIZATION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNILATERAL PERIPHERAL VESTIBULAR LOSS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION BENEFITS QUESTIONAIRE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY BASED BALANCE EXERCISE; VISUAL ACUITY; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GAIT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84937412993     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.02.032     Document Type: Article

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