Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual Impairment
Background and Aim: Postural stability is monitored by a circuitous system, particularly visual perception, vestibular apparatus, and somatosensory organs. The ability to maintain balance is significantly compromised in children with visual impairment and has higher risks of falls than the normal s...
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Background and Aim: Postural stability is monitored by a circuitous system, particularly visual perception, vestibular apparatus, and somatosensory organs. The ability to maintain balance is significantly compromised in children with visual impairment and has higher risks of falls than the normal sighted children. Children with visual disability reported delayed motor dexterity such as eye-hand coordination, gross and fine motor controlinvolving struggle in gait procurement and postural control. Vestibular rehabilitation is the relevant therapy to restitute for maintaining postural control in the absence of visual information. This study aimed to find the effect of vestibular rehabilitation on postural stability in children with visual impairment.
Methods: A quasi-experimental study was done in pre and post-test type design on 30 boys in the age group of 7-16 years’ children with visual impairment. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy was used as the exercise protocol to improve functional balance and reduction of falls in children with visual impairment for six weeks.
Results: Statistical analysis was done between pre-test and post-test readings with SPSS 20 and there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of total score and individual scores of Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) after the intervention, since (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Vestibular rehabilitation therapy improved the capability of postural controlling and reduces the risk of falls to an extent in children with visual impairment.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cb7b028305740269196db682229a5f82024-02-18T03:54:21ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesAuditory and Vestibular Research2423-480X2023-09-0133210.18502/avr.v33i2.14810Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual ImpairmentGayathri Kasiraman0Yasmeen Imtiaz Gousebasha1Hariharan Sridaran2SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulatur, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulatur, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulatur, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India Background and Aim: Postural stability is monitored by a circuitous system, particularly visual perception, vestibular apparatus, and somatosensory organs. The ability to maintain balance is significantly compromised in children with visual impairment and has higher risks of falls than the normal sighted children. Children with visual disability reported delayed motor dexterity such as eye-hand coordination, gross and fine motor controlinvolving struggle in gait procurement and postural control. Vestibular rehabilitation is the relevant therapy to restitute for maintaining postural control in the absence of visual information. This study aimed to find the effect of vestibular rehabilitation on postural stability in children with visual impairment. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was done in pre and post-test type design on 30 boys in the age group of 7-16 years’ children with visual impairment. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy was used as the exercise protocol to improve functional balance and reduction of falls in children with visual impairment for six weeks. Results: Statistical analysis was done between pre-test and post-test readings with SPSS 20 and there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of total score and individual scores of Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) after the intervention, since (p<0.05). Conclusion: Vestibular rehabilitation therapy improved the capability of postural controlling and reduces the risk of falls to an extent in children with visual impairment. https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/1173Visual impairmentpostural stabilityvestibular rehabilitationpediatric balance scalehigh risk of falls |
| spellingShingle | Gayathri Kasiraman Yasmeen Imtiaz Gousebasha Hariharan Sridaran Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual Impairment Auditory and Vestibular Research Visual impairment postural stability vestibular rehabilitation pediatric balance scale high risk of falls |
| title | Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual Impairment |
| title_full | Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual Impairment |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual Impairment |
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| title_short | Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Stability in Children with Visual Impairment |
| title_sort | effect of vestibular rehabilitation on postural stability in children with visual impairment |
| topic | Visual impairment postural stability vestibular rehabilitation pediatric balance scale high risk of falls |
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