Extracts from The Cochrane Library: Vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction (review)

Received 31 January 2007; accepted 8 February 2008.

The “Cochrane Corner” is a quarterly section in the Journal that highlights systematic reviews relevant to otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, with invited commentary to highlight implications for clinical decision making. This installment features a Cochrane Review entitled “Vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction,” which concludes that there is moderate to strong evidence from high-quality randomized trials supporting the safety and efficacy of this intervention.

a Department of Otolaryngology, University of Oxford and The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, United Kingdom

b Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

c Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Downstate and The Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.

Corresponding author: Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Department of Otolaryngology, 339 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

PII: S0194-5998(08)00110-1

doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2008.02.004

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