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Vestibular rehabilitation therapy and Nintendo Wii balance board training both improve postural control in bilateral vestibulopathy

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Acknowledgements

We thank Thomas Ewert for initial support. This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF Grant 01EO1401). The study has been approved by the ethics committee of the University of Munich and has, therefore, been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

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  1. German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

    Klaus Jahn & Silvy Kellerer

  2. Department of Neurology, Schön Klinik Bad Aibling, Kolbermoorer Strasse 72, 83043, Bad Aibling, Germany

    Klaus Jahn & Katrin Sapa

  3. STANDFEST Vestibular Therapy and Neurorehabilitation, Hamburg, Germany

    Ann Kathrin Saul

  4. Department of Neurology, Klinikum Ansbach, Ansbach, Germany

    Matthias Elstner

  5. Department of Neurology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Matthias Elstner

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Jahn, K., Saul, A.K., Elstner, M. et al. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy and Nintendo Wii balance board training both improve postural control in bilateral vestibulopathy. J Neurol 265 (Suppl 1), 70–73 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8882-z

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