VESTIBULAR TRAINING FOR BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO - ITS EFFICACY IN COMPARISON WITH ANTIVERTIGO DRUGS

A modified controlled study on treatment effects of vestibular trainin g (VT) for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo was performed. The VT was compared with courses of patients in three different groups: patie nts treated by medication, by VT, and by VT with medication during 8 w eeks. It was statistically confirmed by global judgments of symptoms a nd signs that improvement rates of positional nystagmus and vertigo we re higher in the two groups treated by VT with and without medication than the improvement rate in the medication alone group. In the groups treated by VT, the effects were not influenced by time since onset of disease or by patient age. It is therefore assumed that VT can be use d as a first-choice treatment in patients with benign paroxysmal posit ional vertigo, even in long-term cases or older patients.