The Value of Vestibular Rehabilitation in Patients with Bilateral Vestibular Dysfunction

OBJECTIVE: The value of vestibular rehabilitation in patients with bilateral vestibular dysfunction was investigated.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study assessed 17 patients (9 males, 8 females) with bilateral vestibular dysfunction. Vestibular rehabilitation continued for 1.5 months. Videonystagmography tests (including oculomotor testing, positional testing, and caloric tests), vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing, and computerized dynamic posturography were performed during the pre-, mid-, and post-treatment periods. The patients underwent cranial and internal acoustic canal MRI. Consultant physicians from the neurology and physical medicine and rehabilitation departments reviewed all patients.

RESULTS: The post-treatment anteroposterior somatosensorial (APSO), anteroposterior global (APGLO), mediolateral visual (MLVI), and mediolateral global values and anteroposterior and mediolateral trials and conditions were significantly higher than those measured in the pre-treatment period. Similarly, mid-treatment values of the APSO, APGLO, and the anteroposterior sensory organization test (SOT) 2 were significantly higher than those measured in the pre-treatment period.

CONCLUSION: Vestibular rehabilitation was effective in patients with bilateral vestibular dysfunction. As the vestibular rehabilitation duration increased, so did the efficacy of the treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

The journal of international advanced otology - 13(2017), 3 vom: 26. Dez., Seite 385-389

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Şahin, Ethem [VerfasserIn]
Dinç, Mehmet Emre [VerfasserIn]
Yayla Özker, Berna [VerfasserIn]
Çöpürgensli, Canan [VerfasserIn]
Konaklıoğlu, Mustafa [VerfasserIn]
Özçelik, Tuncay [VerfasserIn]

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Comparative Study
Journal Article

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Date Completed 08.08.2019

Date Revised 08.08.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5152/iao.2017.3856

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM271325577