Stopped: Recruitment challenges for in-person visits of the affected population and a change in employment of the study team
The purposes of this research are to 1) utilize virtual reality (VR) to evaluate the exercise dose required to improve symptoms in those with vestibular (dizziness) disorders, 2) compare VR vestibular exercises to standard exercises, and 3) compare exercise performance outcomes to healthy controls without vestibular disorders. Even though more than 35% of those over 40, and \~50% of those who have had concussion have such symptoms, the dose of specific exercises targeted to improve symptoms is not well defined. In this study, the investigators will use a wireless VR device to measure key parameters and response to exercise. Another advantage of the VR device is the ability to control what the individual can see while performing the exercise. In normal daily life, moving objects and distracting backgrounds can make vestibular exercise too uncomfortable to perform. Using these methods, the investigators aim to determine the appropriate type and amount of exercise required for symptom improvement. This study will also compare the effectiveness of performing exercises in the virtual reality environment to standard physical therapy and to healthy persons without history of vestibular disorders. Three categories of vestibular disorders will be investigated with an instrumented and usual therapy group of 1) Unilateral hypofunction, 2) bilateral hypofunction, and 3) post-concussion.
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Dizziness Handicap Inventory
Timeframe: This measure is assessed from 0 to 12 weeks in Intervention Arms; Assessed at a single Baseline timepoint for Healthy Controls.
Head Impulse Test at Final Assessment
Timeframe: This measure is assessed from 0 to 12 weeks in Intervention Arms; Assessed at a single Baseline timepoint for Healthy Controls.