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Use of a Vibrotactile Balance Belt System for Vestibular Rehabilitation in the Pediatric Population

NCT02722486 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2023-04-11

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Summary

The investigators aim to compare rehabilitation progress between control patients who will undergo routine vestibular rehabilitation exercises and experimental patients who will undergo exercises using a vibrotactile balance belt (SKBRS - Sensory Kinetics Balance Rehabilitation System) in addition to their routine vestibular rehabilitation regimen during recovery from diseases affecting the vestibular system. The results of this pilot study will help to determine if the vibrotactile balance belt is a useful supplement to traditional vestibular rehabilitation techniques in children suffering from vestibular impairment.

Conditions

  • Vestibular Diseases

Interventions

DEVICE

Vestibular Rehabilitation/Balance Belt

With this device, a subject stands on a force platform on the ground, which measures his/her center of pressure. Additionally, there is laptop displaying the video-based exercise programs and a camera that senses the subject's linear sway, roll, and pitch. Information about the subject's position is transmitted via Bluetooth technology to a non-invasive vibrotactile belt which fits comfortably around the subject's waist, over his/her clothing. Using the Sensory Kinetics software, the subject will play a series of games projected on the laptop screen, which prompt him/her to sway in various directions while keeping both feet planted on the force platform.

OTHER

Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation

This is the standard three-month vestibular rehabilitation therapy that patients are routinely referred to at Boston Children's Hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jacob R Brodsky, MD · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-03
Completion
2023-01-01

Countries

  • United States

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