Computerized Vestibular Rehabilitation

VA Office of Research and Development

Status

Completed

Conditions

Vestibular Diseases

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: VOR Test

Other: Computer Game

Other: Nausea Scale

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT03589859

C2892-P

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

24 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria