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Published on: April 1, 2021

The American Institute of Balance is currently hiring ADJUNCT FACULTY to assist with teaching/teaching-related duties. AIB is a global healthcare company based in Tampa, Florida. It is internationally recognized as […]

The Longitudinal Effects of Co-morbid Health Burden on Functional Outcomes for Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Published on: March 2, 2021

Balance performance in patients with heart failure

Published on: February 2, 2021

Tanriverdia et al (Heart & Lung 49, 458–462 (2020)) recruited more than two dozen patients with heart failure and compared their performance in tests of static, dynamic, and functional balance […]

Internet based vestibular rehabilitation with and without physiotherapy support for adults aged 50 and older with a chronic vestibular syndrome in general practice: three armed randomised controlled trial

Published on: January 13, 2021

Van Vugt et al performed a triple-arm randomized controlled trial wherein patients with chronic vestibular disorders were distributed among three six-week therapy interventions; a virtual intervention, a standard in-person intervention, and a […]

The Correlation Between Fall Prevention Knowledge and Behavior in Stroke Outpatients

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Huang et al studied the fall prevention behavior of 124 patients who were receiving care in an outpatient department after suffering strokes. Patients who demonstrated the most “fall prevention behavior” also […]

Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community: an abridged Cochrane systematic review

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Sherrington et al (2020) systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of exercise as a means of preventing falls among older, community-dwelling adults. Their results suggest patients benefit from exercise interventions the most when […]

Recipient and instructor perspectives of an adapted exercise-based fall prevention programme for adults aged 50+ years with vision impairment: a qualitative study nested within a randomised controlled trial.

Published on: January 11, 2021

Over three years, Dillon et al (BMJ Open 10, (2020)) documented the experiences of 11 instructors and more than 150 older adults who participated in an exercise-based fall prevention program, […]

Fear of Falling, Lower Extremity Strength, and Physical and Balance Performance in Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus

Published on: November 16, 2020

Vongsirinavarat et al (J Diabetes Res 2020, 8573817 (2020)) compared fear of falling, lower extremity strength, and physical balance performance in participants with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. Participants […]

“Stay balanced” – effectiveness of evidence-based balance training for older adults transferred into a physical therapy primary care setting – a pilot study

Published on: October 13, 2020

Palmgren et al (Disability and Rehabilitation 42, 1797–1802 (2020)) enrolled fifteen older adults into the “Stay Balanced” physiotherapy intervention to begin characterizing the program’s clinical utility. The intervention being translated […]

Understanding fall risk factors in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study

Published on: September 8, 2020

Carrasco et al (Int Jl of Older People Nursing 15, e12294 (2020)) studied fall risk factors among 508 community-dwelling older adults, more than 40% of whom had fallen within a […]

Pediatric Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Case Study

Published on: July 13, 2020

Alves & Silva (Pediatric Physical Therapy 31, E14–E19 (2019)) published the case of a 9-year-old girl who arrived at vestibular rehabilitation (VR) with motion sensitivity, frequent headaches, dizziness, and nausea. […]

Association Between Migraine and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Among Adults in South Korea

Published on: June 3, 2020

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;145(4):307-312. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2018.4016 Published online January 24, 2019. Sung Kyun Kim, MD; Seok Min Hong, MD, PhD; Il-Seok Park, MD, PhD; Hyo Geun Choi, MD, PhD […]