The effect of self-management vestibular rehabilitation on persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effects of self-management vestibular rehabilitation (VR) on the subjective symptoms of dizziness and postural stability in persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).

Study design

Retrospective case review.

Methods

The medical records of 30 patients newly diagnosed with PPPD based on the Bárány Society's diagnostic criteria were reviewed. Nineteen patients (4 males and 15 females; age range 27-84 years, mean age ± standard deviation 57.4 ± 14.2 years) who was newly instructed to self-management VR were included and instructed to perform self-management VR for 2 months.

Results

One patient did not visit the outpatient clinic again, and in the remaining 18 patients, 4 (22%) discontinued VR at their own discretion. In the 12 pati

SUBMITTER: Fujimoto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446316 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature