Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2020
Vestibular Rehabilitation Using Posturographic System in Elderly Patients with Postural Instability: Can the Number of Sessions Be Reduced?
Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03034655 (Reducing Rate of Falls in Older People With the Improvement of Balance by Means of Vestibular Rehabilitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Reducing Rate of Falls in Older People With the Improvement of Balance by Means of Vestibular Rehabilitation (ReFOVeRe Study): Optimizing Costs
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Optokinetic stimulation for the treatment of vestibular and balance disorders: a systematic review with meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Vestibular Rehabilitation Using Dynamic Posturography: Functional Stability and Fall Risk Outcomes From a Randomized Trial.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Trial
- Vestibular rehabilitation with mobile posturography as a "low-cost" alternative to vestibular rehabilitation with computerized dynamic posturography, in old people with imbalance: a randomized clinical trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Trial
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- Type, dose, and outcomes of physical therapy interventions for unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction: protocol for a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Implementation outcomes of a sensory integration therapy program with computerized dynamic posturography in patients with balance and sensory dysfunction.Journal of otology · 2023Article
- Gait as a vital sign: integrating wearables and AI into vestibular and balance medicine.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeVestibular rehabilitation (VR) using posturography systems has proved useful in improving balance among elderly patients with postural instability. However, its high cost hinders its use. The objective of this study is to assess whether two different protocols of VR with posturography, one of them longer (ten sessions) and the other shorter (five sessions), show significant differences in the improvement of balance among old patients with instability. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis is a prospective, experimental, single-center (Department of Otorhinolaryngology of a tertiary referral hospital), randomized (into balanced patient blocks) study with two parallel arms, in 40 people over 65 years of age, with instability and at a high risk of falling. The percentage of the average balance (composite) in the sensory organization test (SOT) of the CDP (main outcome measure), other CDP scores, time and steps in the "timed up and go" test, scores of Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), short Falls Efficacy Scale - International (short FES-I), and Vertiguard were compared before and 3 weeks after VR between both intervention groups.
resultsThe two treatment groups (20 patients per group) were comparable in age, sex, and pre-VR balance evaluation. In both groups, we observed a significant improvement in global balance (composite) after VR (49±11.34 vs 57±13.48, p=0.007, in the group undergoing 10 sessions; 51±12.55 vs 60±12.99, p=0.002, 5 sessions). In both groups, we also observed improvements in other posturographic parameters (in the SOT and limits of stability) but not in the timed up and go scores or in the questionnaires. Comparison of the improvement level achieved in both groups revealed no significant differences between them.
conclusionThe protocols of vestibular rehabilitation by posturography of 5 sessions in elderly patients with postural instability are as effective as those of 10 sessions for improving balance among elderly patients with postural instability.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03034655. Registered on 25 January 2017.
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