Effectiveness of head-mounted vibrotactile stimulation in subjects with bilateral vestibular loss: a phase 1 clinical trial.
Otol Neurotol
; 30(2): 210-6, 2009 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-19106768
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Evaluate the effectiveness of a head-mounted vibrotactile prosthesis for balance improvement in subjects with severe bilateral vestibular loss (BVL). STUDYDESIGN:
Crossover study.SETTING:
Academic tertiary care vestibular function test center. PATIENTS Five subjects with severe BVL as defined by video-oculography, rotational chair, and computerized dynamic posturography criteria. INTERVENTION Vibrotactile head tilt feedback MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Change in Sensory Organization Test (SOT) Conditions 5 and 6 performance (fall-no fall, time to fall, strategy analysis) and dynamic subjective visual vertical (DSVV) response.RESULTS:
1) Significant improvement in binary fall-no fall ratio on SOT 5 and SOT 6 combined (chi2 = 9.603, df = 1, p = 0.001); 2) Significant increase in time to fall measurements on SOT 5 (p < 0.001) and SOT 6 (p < 0.01; 1-tailed t test); 3) Nonsignificant improvement in strategy scores on SOT 5 (p = 0.156) and SOT 6 (p = 0.259; 1-tailed t test); and 4) No significant effect during eccentric DSVV testing (analysis of variance).CONCLUSION:
Head-mounted vibrotactile stimulation produced significant improvement in postural stability in subjects with BVL undergoing SOT 5 and 6 testing with no effect on subjective visual vertical during DSVV testing.
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Assunto principal:
Vibração
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Doenças Vestibulares
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos