Effects of vestibular rehabilitation combined with transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation in patients with chronic dizziness: An exploratory study

Satoko Koganemaru; Fumiyuki Goto; Miki Arai; Keitaro Toshikuni; Makoto Hosoya; Takeshi Wakabayashi; Nobuko Yamamoto; Shujiro Minami; Satoshi Ikeda; Katsunori Ikoma; Tatsuya Mima

doi:10.1016/j.brs.2017.02.005

Effects of vestibular rehabilitation combined with transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation in patients with chronic dizziness: An exploratory study

Satoko Koganemaru, Fumiyuki Goto, Miki Arai, Keitaro Toshikuni, Makoto Hosoya, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Nobuko Yamamoto, Shujiro Minami, Satoshi Ikeda, Katsunori Ikoma, Tatsuya Mima

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Background Vestibular rehabilitation is useful to alleviate chronic dizziness in patients with vestibular dysfunction. It aims to induce neuronal plasticity in the central nervous system (especially in the cerebellum) to promote vestibular compensation. Transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation (tcDCS) reportedly enhances cerebellar function. Objective/Hypothesis We investigated whether vestibular rehabilitation partially combined with tcDCS is superior to the use of rehabilitation alone for the alleviation of dizziness. Methods Patients with chronic dizziness due to vestibular dysfunction received rehabilitation concurrently with either 20-min tcDCS or sham stimulation for 5 days. Pre- and post-intervention (at 1 month) dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) scores and psychometric and motor parameters were compared. Results Sixteen patients completed the study. DHI scores in the tcDCS group showed significant improvement over those in the sham group (Mann–Whitney U test, p = 0.033). Conclusion Vestibular rehabilitation partially combined with tcDCS appears to be a promising approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	576-578
Number of pages	3
Journal	Brain Stimulation
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.02.005
Publication status	Published - 2017 May 1
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Chronic dizziness
Motor learning
Transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation
Vestibular rehabilitation

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Neuroscience(all)
Biophysics
Clinical Neurology

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Koganemaru, S., Goto, F., Arai, M., Toshikuni, K., Hosoya, M., Wakabayashi, T., Yamamoto, N., Minami, S., Ikeda, S., Ikoma, K., & Mima, T. (2017). Effects of vestibular rehabilitation combined with transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation in patients with chronic dizziness: An exploratory study. Brain Stimulation, 10(3), 576-578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.02.005

Effects of vestibular rehabilitation combined with transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation in patients with chronic dizziness : An exploratory study. / Koganemaru, Satoko; Goto, Fumiyuki; Arai, Miki; Toshikuni, Keitaro; Hosoya, Makoto; Wakabayashi, Takeshi; Yamamoto, Nobuko; Minami, Shujiro; Ikeda, Satoshi; Ikoma, Katsunori; Mima, Tatsuya.

In: Brain Stimulation, Vol. 10, No. 3, 01.05.2017, p. 576-578.

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Koganemaru, S, Goto, F, Arai, M, Toshikuni, K, Hosoya, M, Wakabayashi, T, Yamamoto, N, Minami, S, Ikeda, S, Ikoma, K & Mima, T 2017, 'Effects of vestibular rehabilitation combined with transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation in patients with chronic dizziness: An exploratory study', Brain Stimulation, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 576-578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.02.005

Koganemaru, Satoko ; Goto, Fumiyuki ; Arai, Miki ; Toshikuni, Keitaro ; Hosoya, Makoto ; Wakabayashi, Takeshi ; Yamamoto, Nobuko ; Minami, Shujiro ; Ikeda, Satoshi ; Ikoma, Katsunori ; Mima, Tatsuya. / Effects of vestibular rehabilitation combined with transcranial cerebellar direct current stimulation in patients with chronic dizziness : An exploratory study. In: Brain Stimulation. 2017 ; Vol. 10, No. 3. pp. 576-578.

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