Effectiveness of vestibular rehabilitation on balance, dizziness, functioning, and depressive symptoms in older adults

ABSTRACT Purpose To assess the effectiveness of vestibular rehabilitation on functioning, gains in semicircular canals Video Head Impulse Test (v-HIT), responses to evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP), depressive symptoms, balance, and dizziness older adults. Methods Longitudinal, quasi-experimental, analytical study conducted between December 2019 July 2022, 50 adults with disorders, submitted examinations: VEMP, v-HIT, questionnaires, visual analog scale, Dizziness Handicap Inventory, Berg Balance Scale, Pfeffer’s Functional Activities Questionnaire, Geriatric Depression Scale. All examinations questionnaires were applied before after eight weekly sessions. Statistical analysis was performed SPSS, Wilcoxon test (p<0.05). Results There a gain anterior right canal (0.71/0.78), reduction discomfort (7/5) impact quality life (35/15), improvement balance (45/51) functioning (2/1), symptoms (5/3). Conclusion Older disorder improved their vestibulo-ocular reflex, functional activities reduced life.