Decrease in head sway as a measure of sensory integration following vestibular rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which sensory integration strategies via head sway, derived from a Head-Mounted Display (HMD), change in people with vestibular disorders following vestibular rehabilitation.

Design

Randomized Controlled TrialSetting:Vestibular Rehabilitation ClinicParticipants:Thirty participants with vestibular dysfunction and 21 age-matched controls.

Main outcome measures

Participants experienced two levels of visual surround (static or moving 'stars', front to back at 0.2 Hz, 32 mm) and white noise (none or rhythmic) while their head sway was recorded via the HTC Vive. We quantified head sway via Directional Path (DP) and Root Mean Square Velocity (RMSV) in 5 directions: anterior-posterior, medio-lateral, pitch, ya

SUBMITTER: Lubetzky AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405044 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature