Vestibular Training of Elderly Patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Its Effectiveness Compared with That of Anti-vertigo Drugs.

We compared the effectiveness of 2 different therapies in elderly patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.Eighteen patients were treated with an anti-vertigo drug and 18 with vestibular training (VT) and the same drug. They were classified into Group "B" and "VT + B", respectively.The background factors, such as age, severity in symptoms, degree of disturbance in examinations, et, were similar in the 2 groups.Vertigo, dizziness, unsteadiness in Mann's test and positional nystagmus improved significantly more in Group "VT+B" than in Group "B". The global judgment in each group revealed that both marked and moderate improvement was significantly higher in Group "VT+B" than in Group "B" (P<0.01).It was concluded that vestibular training might be useful to improve symptoms and signs in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo even in aged patients.