Ingerid Kleffelgaard1,2,3, Helene Lundgaard Soberg1,2, Anne-Lise Tamber2, Kari Anette Bruusgaard2, Are Hugo Pripp2,4, Maria Sandhaug5, Birgitta Langhammer2,6. 1. 1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 2. 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. 3. 3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 4. 4 Oslo Centre of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 5. 5 Department of Research, Statped, Oslo, Norway. 6. 6 Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesoddtangen, Norway.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: : To investigate the effects of group-based vestibular rehabilitation in patients with traumatic brain injury. DESIGN: : A single-blind randomized controlled trial. SETTING: : University Hospital (recruitment and baseline assessments) and Metropolitan University (experimental intervention). SUBJECTS: : A total of 65 patients (45 women) with mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (mean age 39.4 ± 13.0 years) were randomly assigned to intervention ( n = 33) or control group ( n = 32). INTERVENTION:: Group-based vestibular rehabilitation for eight weeks. Participants were tested at baseline (3.5 ± 2.1 months after injury) and at two post-intervention follow-ups (2.7 ± 0.8 and 4.4 ± 1.0 months after baseline testing). MAIN MEASURES:: Primary outcome: Dizziness Handicap Inventory. Secondary outcome: High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool. Other outcomes: Vertigo Symptom Scale; Rivermead Post-concussion Symptoms Questionnaire; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; and Balance Error Scoring System. Between-group differences were analyzed with a linear mixed-model analysis for repeated measurements. RESULTS: : At baseline, no group differences were revealed (personal factors, clinical characteristics and outcome measures). At the first follow-up, statistically significant mean differences in favor of the intervention were found in the primary (-8.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): -16.6 to -0.9) and secondary outcomes (3.7 points, 95% CI: 1.4-6.0). At the second follow-up, no significant between-group differences were found. No significant between-group differences in the other outcomes were found at the two follow-ups. CONCLUSION: : The intervention appeared to speed up recovery for patients with dizziness and balance problems after traumatic brain injury. However, the benefits had dissipated two months after the end of the intervention.
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OBJECTIVE: : To investigate the effects of group-based vestibular rehabilitation in patients with traumatic brain injury. DESIGN: : A single-blind randomized controlled trial. SETTING: : University Hospital (recruitment and baseline assessments) and Metropolitan University (experimental intervention). SUBJECTS: : A total of 65 patients (45 women) with mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (mean age 39.4 ± 13.0 years) were randomly assigned to intervention ( n = 33) or control group ( n = 32). INTERVENTION:: Group-based vestibular rehabilitation for eight weeks. Participants were tested at baseline (3.5 ± 2.1 months after injury) and at two post-intervention follow-ups (2.7 ± 0.8 and 4.4 ± 1.0 months after baseline testing). MAIN MEASURES:: Primary outcome: Dizziness Handicap Inventory. Secondary outcome: High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool. Other outcomes: Vertigo Symptom Scale; Rivermead Post-concussion Symptoms Questionnaire; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; and Balance Error Scoring System. Between-group differences were analyzed with a linear mixed-model analysis for repeated measurements. RESULTS: : At baseline, no group differences were revealed (personal factors, clinical characteristics and outcome measures). At the first follow-up, statistically significant mean differences in favor of the intervention were found in the primary (-8.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): -16.6 to -0.9) and secondary outcomes (3.7 points, 95% CI: 1.4-6.0). At the second follow-up, no significant between-group differences were found. No significant between-group differences in the other outcomes were found at the two follow-ups. CONCLUSION: : The intervention appeared to speed up recovery for patients with dizziness and balance problems after traumatic brain injury. However, the benefits had dissipated two months after the end of the intervention.
Authors: Helene L Søberg; Nada Andelic; Birgitta Langhammer; Anne-Lise Tamber; Kari A Bruusgaard; Ingerid Kleffelgaard Journal: J Rehabil Med Date: 2021-04-21 Impact factor: 2.912