Efficacy of Virtual Reality as Vestibular Rehabilitative Therapy in Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction: A systematic Review

Abstract

Peripheral vestibular dysfunction has negative effects on balance control and gaze stability, this lead to significant disability, depression, anxiety and may also has an impact on individual’s quality of life. Many of the peripheral vestibular disorders are self-limited and recover spontaneously. However, there are many patients who complain from persistence of vestibular symptoms and this means incomplete vestibular compensation. In case of defective compensation, vestibular rehabilitation therapy could be used in vestibular compensation improvement.