A. Fujino et al., VESTIBULAR TRAINING FOR BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO - ITS EFFICACY IN COMPARISON WITH ANTIVERTIGO DRUGS, Archives of otolaryngology, head & neck surgery, 120(5), 1994, pp. 497-504
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.