Does vestibular rehabilitation improve postural control of subjects with chronic subjective dizziness?

Postural control is the ability to maintain equilibrium and orientation in a gravitational environment. Patients with chronic subjective dizziness have some troubles with their postural stability. The present study aimed to assess the benefit of home-based vestibular rehabilitation in patients with...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 15; no. 9; p. e0238436
Main Authors Baydan, Mine, Yigit, Oznur, Aksoy, Songul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Public Library of Science 02.09.2020
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Audiology
Balance
Biology and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Computer and Information Sciences
Dizziness
Dynamic stability
Engineering and Technology
Gait
Gravity
Health aspects
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Patients
Posture
Rehabilitation
Social Sciences
Stability analysis
Statistical analysis
Vertigo
Vestibular system
Turkey
Ankara Turkey
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ISSN1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0238436

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Summary:Postural control is the ability to maintain equilibrium and orientation in a gravitational environment. Patients with chronic subjective dizziness have some troubles with their postural stability. The present study aimed to assess the benefit of home-based vestibular rehabilitation in patients with chronic subjective dizziness using computerized dynamic posturography. Therefore, 100 subjects, between 19 to 86 years, diagnosed with dizziness were included in the study. Computerized dynamic posturography was performed to assess postural stability. Vestibular rehabilitation programs included exercises tailored to the particular needs of each patient. After vestibular rehabilitation, patients were re-examined using the same tests. Posturographic data were analyzed and compared for before and after vestibular rehabilitation findings. The mean composite scores before the intervention (58,92 ±11,64) was significantly (p<0.01) lower than the mean composite scores after vestibular rehabilitation (73,83 ± 8,26). This result is found to be statistically significant. In conclusion it could be suggested that the effectiveness of vestibular rehabilitation could be verified by means of computerized dynamic posturography as a concrete method.
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0238436