Use of Virtual Reality Devices for Vestibular Rehabilitation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Virtual Reality
• Interventions: Device: Virtual Reality; Other: Traditional home exercises

• Registration Number: NCT04769323
• Lead Sponsor: Pamukkale University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the superiority of virtual reality-supported vestibular rehabilitation exercises over conventional vestibular rehabilitation exercises in patients with complaints such as vertigo, loss of balance, falling, and gait imbalance.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-21
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-24
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-15
• Study Completion: 2023-06-15
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-23
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 41

Inclusion Criteria

• Complaining dizziness and/or instability for more than 3 months
• Patients aged 18 and over and under 65

Exclusion Criteria

• Ear disease, head injury
• Ototoxic drug use
• Neurological and psychiatric illness that causes cooperation disorder
• Patients with orthopedic and systemic disorders that prevent exercising
• Patients with active malignancies
• Diseases that affect the use of glasses (epilepsy, vision loss, etc.)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group 3	Virtual Reality	Group 3 do traditional home exercises and virtual reality.
Group 1	Virtual Reality	Group 1 use virtual reality.
Group 2	Traditional home exercises	Group 2 do traditional home exercises.
Group 3	Traditional home exercises	Group 3 do traditional home exercises and virtual reality.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Posturography	1 year	Posturography; It gives numerical data by comparing the data obtained from these three systems, whichever is caused by the patient's balance disorder, somatosensory system affected, visual system affected, or vestibular system affected.
Subjective Visual Vertical	1 year	Subjective visual vertical test, measures the functions of the utricular end organ.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pamukkale University; 🇹🇷 Denizli, Turkey