Computerized Vestibular Rehabilitation

Completed

Conditions studied: Vestibular Diseases

In brief

Disorders of vestibular function and balance are an important component of many conditions that commonly affect veterans, such as inner ear diseases, diabetes, and traumatic brain injury. Veterans with vestibular impairment have reduced quality of life, limitations on work and physical activities, and an increased risk of falls. The goal of this research is to develop a more engaging and effective interactive tool for vestibular rehabilitation to improve the lives of affected veterans. The first steps in this process will be to test the ability of the application to facilitate vestibular learning and to test its feasibility in vestibular patients. The hypothesis is that computer-game-based adaptation will induce robust VOR motor learning and will provide an engaging platform for vestibular rehabilitation. Ultimately, our application has the potential to provide more flexible vestibular exercises that will allow therapy to be customized for each patient. It will also have the ability to track a patient's progress over time and to advance exercises as function improves.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT03589859
Run by: VA Office of Research and Development
People needed: 24
Starts: 2018-12-01
Expected to finish: 2022-11-30
Last updated by the study team: 2024-11-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

GROUP 1: Healthy volunteers: Static visual acuity of at least 20/30 at testing distance
GROUP 2: Vestibular patients: Unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction, No central vestibular disorder, Static Visual Acuity of at least 20/30 at testing distance

You may not qualify if…

GROUP 1: Peripheral or central vestibular disorder
GROUP 2: Central vestibular disorder

Where it is running

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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