Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 7, 2026

Using Unidirectional Rotations to Improve Vestibular System Asymmetry in Patients with Vestibular Dysfunction
Published on: August 30, 2019
Results from the balance rehabilitation unit in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Cristiane Akemi Kasse1, Graziela Gaspar Santana, Renata Coelho Scharlach
1Federal University of São Paulo, Body Balance and Social Inclusion Program of Uniban - Brazil.
Unlabelled:
Posturography is a useful new tool to study the influence of vestibular diseases on balance.
Aim:
to compare the results from the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU) static posturography in elderly patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), before and after Epley's maneuver.
Materials And Methods:
a prospective study of 20 elderly patients with a diagnosis of BPPV. The patients underwent static posturography and the limit of stability (LE) and ellipse area were measured. We also applied the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) questionnaire to study treatment effectiveness.
Results:
80% were females, with a mean age of 68.15 years. After the maneuver, the LE increased significantly (p=0.001). The elliptical area of somatosensory, visual and vestibular conflicts (2,7,8,9 situations) in BRU and the DHI scores decreased significantly (p<0.05) after treatment.
Conclusion:
the study suggests that elderly patients with BPPV may present static postural control impairment and that the maneuver is effective for the remission of symptoms, to increase in the stability and improvement in postural control in situations of visual, somatosensory and vestibular conflicts.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Equilibrium and Balance
The Vestibular System
Major Somatic Sensory Pathways
Indirect Motor Pathways
The vestibulospinal tract originates in the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem. The vestibular system detects changes in...

