Effects of vibrotactile vestibular substitution on vestibular rehabilitation – preliminary study

Brugnera, Cibele; Bittar, Roseli Saraiva Moreira; Greters, Mário Edvin; Basta, Dietmar

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.08.013

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“…Our results identified only three patients with a MDC (42.85%). Brugnera et al (2015) , demonstrated different results using a mechanical approach in which patients improved in physical and functional DHI. However, the emotional dimension of the test showed no difference.…”

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Therapeutic patient education and exercise therapy in patients with cervicogenic dizziness: a prospective case series clinical study

et al. 2016

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment for patients with cervicogenic dizziness that consisted of therapeutic education and exercises. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory and Neck Disability Index were used. Secondary outcomes included range of motion, postural control, and psychological variables. Seven patients (two males and five females) aged 38.43±14.10 with cervicogenic dizziness were included. All the participants received eight treatment sessions. The treatment was performed twice a week during a four weeks period. Outcome measures included a questionnaire (demographic data, body chart, and questions about pain) and self-reported disability, pain, and psychological variables. Subjects were examined for cervical range of motion and postural control. All of these variables were assessed pre- and postintervention. Participants received eight sessions of therapeutic education patient and therapeutic exercise. The majority of participants showed an improvement in catastrophism (mean change, 11.57±7.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.96–18.17; d=1.60), neck disability (mean change, 5.14±2.27.28; 95% CI, 3.04–7.24; d=1.32), and dizziness disability (mean change, 9.71±6.96; 95% CI, 3.26–16.15; d=1.01). Patients also showed improved range of motion in the right and left side. Therapeutic patient education in combination with therapeutic exercise was an effective treatment. Future research should investigate the efficacy of therapeutic patient education and exercise with larger sample sizes of patients with cervicogenic dizziness.

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Therapeutic patient education and exercise therapy in patients with cervicogenic dizziness: a prospective case series clinical study

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“…Several studies have demonstrated that body sway reductions can be retained for hours to days following short-term (i.e., less than one week) balance training with SA [17,18,56]. Other studies have investigated changes in body sway or clinical outcomes following multi-session (i.e., more than 1 week) training with SA [9,10,14,51]. For example, Basta et al reported reduced body sway and improved clinical outcome measures (e.g., Sensory Organization Test (SOT) and Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI)) in people with vestibular disorders who trained with vibrotactile SA over a two-week (i.e., ten-session) training program, but observed no such effect in their placebo group training with a sham device which generated random SA cues [10].…”

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Effects of long-term vestibular rehabilitation therapy with vibrotactile sensory augmentation for people with unilateral vestibular disorders – A randomized preliminary study

Bao

Klatt

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et al. 2020

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This pilot study aimed to investigate the effects of incorporating vibrotactile sensory augmentation (SA) on balance performance among people with unilateral vestibular disorders (UVD). METHODS: Eight participants with UVD were recruited. Participants completed 18 balance training sessions across six weeks in a clinical setting. Four participants (68.1 ± 7.5 yrs) were randomized to the experimental group (EG) and received trunk-based vibrotactile SA while performing the balance exercises, and four participants (63.1 ± 11.3 yrs) were assigned to the control group (CG); CG participants completed the balance training without SA. Clinical and kinematic balance performance measures were collected before training; midway through training; and one week, one month, and six months after training. RESULTS: All participants, regardless of group, demonstrated improvements in a subset of the clinical or balance metrics immediately following completion of the balance training protocol. The EG showed significantly greater improvements than the CG for the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale and postural stability during the two standing balance exercises with head movements. The EG also had larger improvements than the CG for the Sensory Organization Test (SOT), Mini Balance Evaluations Systems Test, Gait Speed Test, Dynamic Gait Index, Functional Gait Assessment, and vestibular reliance metric calculated based on the SOT. CONCLUSIONS: Incorporating vibrotactile SA into vestibular rehabilitation programs may lead to additional benefits that may be retained up to six months after training compared to training without vibrotactile SA. A larger study is warranted to demonstrate statistical significance between the groups.

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“…Vibrotactile feedback systems have been used as physical non-interrupting interfaces for movement training [17–19] since they are generally considered to be effective, small and economical. Vibrotactile feedback systems have applications in posture and gait training for individuals with age-related balance declines [20], individuals with vestibular [21] and neurological disorders [22] and knee osteoarthritis [23] and various rehabilitation applications as it is effective, small and economical [16]. A TactaPack wearable vibrotactors system has shown potential to reduce injuries during therapy due to improper patient joint movements [24].…”

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Configurable, wearable sensing and vibrotactile feedback system for real-time postural balance and gait training: proof-of-concept

Bao

Lee

et al. 2017

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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BackgroundPostural balance and gait training is important for treating persons with functional impairments, however current systems are generally not portable and are unable to train different types of movements.MethodsThis paper describes a proof-of-concept design of a configurable, wearable sensing and feedback system for real-time postural balance and gait training targeted for home-based treatments and other portable usage. Sensing and vibrotactile feedback are performed via eight distributed, wireless nodes or “Dots” (size: 22.5 × 20.5 × 15.0 mm, weight: 12.0 g) that can each be configured for sensing and/or feedback according to movement training requirements. In the first experiment, four healthy older adults were trained to reduce medial-lateral (M/L) trunk tilt while performing balance exercises. When trunk tilt deviated too far from vertical (estimated via a sensing Dot on the lower spine), vibrotactile feedback (via feedback Dots placed on the left and right sides of the lower torso) cued participants to move away from the vibration and back toward the vertical no feedback zone to correct their posture. A second experiment was conducted with the same wearable system to train six healthy older adults to alter their foot progression angle in real-time by internally or externally rotating their feet while walking. Foot progression angle was estimated via a sensing Dot adhered to the dorsal side of the foot, and vibrotactile feedback was provided via feedback Dots placed on the medial and lateral sides of the mid-shank cued participants to internally or externally rotate their foot away from vibration.ResultsIn the first experiment, the wearable system enabled participants to significantly reduce trunk tilt and increase the amount of time inside the no feedback zone. In the second experiment, all participants were able to adopt new gait patterns of internal and external foot rotation within two minutes of real-time training with the wearable system.ConclusionThese results suggest that the configurable, wearable sensing and feedback system is portable and effective for different types of real-time human movement training and thus may be suitable for home-based or clinic-based rehabilitation applications.

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Effects of vibrotactile vestibular substitution on vestibular rehabilitation – preliminary study

Abstract: The present findings show that sensory substitution using the vibrotactile stimulus of the Vertiguard™ system helped with the integration of neural networks involved in maintaining posture, improving the strategies used in the recovery of body balance.

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Therapeutic patient education and exercise therapy in patients with cervicogenic dizziness: a prospective case series clinical study

Therapeutic patient education and exercise therapy in patients with cervicogenic dizziness: a prospective case series clinical study

Effects of long-term vestibular rehabilitation therapy with vibrotactile sensory augmentation for people with unilateral vestibular disorders – A randomized preliminary study

Configurable, wearable sensing and vibrotactile feedback system for real-time postural balance and gait training: proof-of-concept

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