Computer assisted training as a complement in rehabilitation of patients with chronic vestibular dizziness–a randomized controlled trial

Michael Smaerup, Erik Gronvall, Simon B. Larsen, Uffe Laessoe, Jens-Jacob Henriksen, Else Marie Damsgaard

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Abstrakt

Objective

To compare a computer exercise program with conservative home-training following printed instructions in the rehabilitation of elderly patients with vestibular dysfunction.

Design

Single-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting

Geriatric Department, Aarhus University Hospital.

Participants

Sixty-three elderly patients with chronic dizziness due to vestibular dysfunction were randomly assigned to either rehabilitation in the clinic followed by computer-assisted home exercises (intervention group: n=32), or rehabilitation in the clinic followed by home exercises according to printed instructions (control group: n=31).

Intervention

Patients in the intervention group received assisted rehabilitation by a computer program.

Main outcome measures

Measurements at baseline, 8 and 16 weeks were compared. These included the One Leg Stand Test, Dynamic Gait Index, Chair Stand Test, Motion Sensitivity Test, Short Form-12, Dizziness Handicap Inventory and Visual Analog Scale.

Results

Both groups improved significantly during 16 weeks of rehabilitation. However, neither t-tests nor repeated measurement ANOVA demonstrated any significant differences between the two groups. The overall compliance rate during 16 weeks to computer program exercises was 57 %.

Conclusion

A computer assisted program to support the home training of elderly patients with vestibular dysfunction did not improve rehabilitation more than printed instructions.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Vol/bind96
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)395-401
ISSN0003-9993
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 5 okt. 2014

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