Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy: Review of Indications, Mechanisms, and Key Exercises -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Indications -- 1.3 Natural Course of Peripheral Vestibular Lesions -- 1.4 Principles of VRT -- 1.4.1 Enhancing Gaze Stability -- 1.4.1.1 Vestibular Adaptation -- 1.4.1.2 Substitution by Other Eye Movement Systems -- (a) Saccade Modification -- (b) Enhancing Smooth Pursuit Eye Movement -- (c) Central Preprogramming -- (d) Eyeblink During Saccade -- (e) Cervico-ocular Reflex -- 1.4.2 Enhancing Postural Stability -- 1.4.2.1 Substitution by Vision or Somatosensory Cues -- 1.4.2.2 Adaptation: Improving the Remaining Vestibular Function -- 1.4.2.3 Recovering Postural Strategies -- (a) Normal Postural Strategies -- (b) Abnormal Postural Strategies in Vestibular Dysfunction -- (c) Identifying Efficient and Effective Postural Strategies -- (d) Recovering Normal Postural Strategies -- 1.4.2.4 Using Assistive Devices -- 1.4.3 Decreasing Vertigo -- 1.4.4 Improving Activities of Daily Living -- 1.5 Factors Affecting Recovery -- 1.6 Practicing Exercise -- 1.6.1 Principles of the Exercises -- 1.6.2 Components of the Exercises -- |