Relevance of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale to Urban Community-Dwelling Adults With Diagnosed Vestibular Dysfunction.

Objective: To determine how relevant the items on the activities-specific balance confidence (ABC) scale are to patients living in an urban setting and to evaluate additional items relevant to urban populations but not included in the current version of the scale.

Design: Cross-sectional clinical survey.

Setting: Urban, tertiary vestibular rehabilitation clinic.

Immediate Improvement in Subjective Visual Vertical and Disequilibrium Predicts Resolution of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Following Single Canalith Repositioning Maneuver.

Objective: To evaluate whether immediate post-canalith repositioning maneuver (CRM) vestibular changes are predictive of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) resolution.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Vestibular rehabilitation following mild traumatic brain injury.

Introduction: Vertigo, dizziness, and imbalance are a symptom complex that is commonly found following concussion. Early metabolic changes following concussion may lead to worsening of the injury and symptoms in individuals not properly managed from the outset. When symptoms do not recover spontaneously, skilled vestibular rehabilitation can be an effective modality in an attempt to normalize the individual's vestibular responses.

Special tools for the assessment of balance and dizziness in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury.

Introduction: Although a majority of patients following minor traumatic brain injury recover to their pre-morbid functional level, persistent activity and participation limitations can occur in the refractory patient. These long-term consequences of brain injury may only become apparent months to years after the injury. In order to quantify these long-term sequella, laboratory, clinical and functional outcome measures may not only identify needed areas of treatment, but may also assist in determining the impact of the treatment on the individuals function.