Use of Stakeholder Feedback to Develop an App for Vestibular Rehabilitation-Input From Clinicians and Healthy Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Close to half people over 60 years of age experience vestibular dysfunction. Although vestibular rehabilitation has been proven effective in reducing dizziness and falls in older adults, adherence to exercise programs is a major issue and reported to be below 50%. Therefore, this research aimed to develop an app with gaming elements to improve adherence to exercises that are part of vestibular rehabilitation, and to provide feedback to increase the accuracy during exercise performance. A clinician-informed design was used where five physical therapists were asked identical questions about the exercises they would like to see in the app, including their duration and frequency. Games were developed to train the vestibulo-ocular (VOR) reflex using VOR and gaze shifting exercises; and to train

SUBMITTER: DSilva LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8907890 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature