Visual Verticality Perception in Spinal Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Patients diagnosed with traumatic or non-traumatic spinal pain and idiopathic scoliosis frequently suffer from imbalance. The evaluation of the perception of verticality by means of visual tests emerges as a quick and easy tool for clinical management of the balance disorders. Several studies have assessed the visual perception of verticality in spinal diseases obtaining controversial results. The aim of our study is to analyze the perception of visual verticality in subjects with several spinal diseases in comparison with healthy subjects. A meta-analysis was carried out. PubMed MEDLINE, Scopus, WoS, CINAHL, and SciELO databases were searched until January 2020. The standardized mean difference (SMD) was calculated to analyze differences between patients and healthy controls. Fifteen stud

SUBMITTER: Obrero-Gaitan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7356295 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature