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SynthesisBrazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Galvanic vestibular stimulation and its applications: a systematic review.

Anna Paula Batista de Ávila Pires, Tatiana Rocha Silva, Maíra Soares Torres, Maria Luiza Diniz, Maurício Campelo Tavares, Denise Utsch Gonçalves

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06846047 (Therapeutic Effects of Electrical Vestibular Stimulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06846047 narecruitingnot on this map

Therapeutic Effects of Electrical Vestibular Stimulation (EVS) on Balance and Gait

TypeinterventionalSponsorNeursantys IncRan2025 to 2027Enrolled500ConditionsVestibulopathyArmselectrical vestibular stimulation (EVS), Sham Comparator
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Paula Batista de Ávila PiresUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Tatiana Rocha SilvaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde - Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Maíra Soares TorresUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Programa de Residência Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Maria Luiza DinizUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Maurício Campelo TavaresContronic Sistemas Automáticos Ltda, PDI - Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento & Inovação, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
Denise Utsch GonçalvesUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: deniseg@medicina.ufmg.br.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal de Pelotas · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveGalvanic vestibular stimulation has been evaluated in the context of vestibular rehabilitation. The objective was to identify evidence in the scientific literature about the clinical applications of galvanic vestibular stimulation.

methodsIn this systematic review, the articles describing the applications of galvanic vestibular stimulation were extracted from PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Scopus, LILACS and SciELO databases. The survey was limited to articles published in English, Portuguese and Spanish. All the articles about the clinical applications of galvanic vestibular stimulation were compiled. Repeated articles in the databases, literature review articles, case reports, letters and editorials were excluded. The descriptors included: galvanic vestibular stimulation, postural balance, central nervous system diseases, vestibular diseases, spinal cord diseases and cognition.

resultsThe search strategy resulted in the initial selection of 994 articles; the reading of titles and abstracts was accomplished in 470 articles and the complete reading in 23 articles. Clinical applications of galvanic vestibular stimulation included Ménière's disease, vestibular neuritis, bilateral vestibular disorders, vestibular schwannoma, Parkinson's disease, ischemic central lesions, motor myelopathies, anxiety disorders, cognition and memory.

conclusionGalvanic vestibular stimulation has been considered a potentially useful strategy for balance rehabilitation, since it has the effect of stimulating the central connections related to the postural balance, favoring new neuronal synapses that allow the partial or total recovery of postural imbalance.

Indexed as

Meniere DiseaseVestibular DiseasesVestibule, LabyrinthElectric StimulationHumansPostural BalanceCentral nervous system diseasesCognitionElectric stimulationPostural balanceVestibular diseases

Identifiers

PMID35915031
PMCPMC9760994
OpenAlexW4284689485

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