Vestibular Rehabilitation, Neuromodulation and Balance in Clinical Applications in Neurology and Otoneurology: Where are We in Basic Research and Clinical Applications?

Balance control is a challenging area for neurological and otoneurological patients, concerning the understanding of the disease, the components involved in the clinical condition, adaptation and compensation for the condition, as well as the follow-up treatment that can be put in place. The physiological and functional features of balance control are complex and usually involve more than one method for specific assessment and for gaining knowledge of the complete case. Rehabilitation can help to understand current balance control limitations in patients, and is of great interest for the prognosis, and possible interventions for the unbalanced and balance condition. Vestibular rehabilitation is one of the most appropriate approaches in balance disorders, and more recently non-invasive neuromodulation is expected to help people with balance control disorders. Yet, we need to have a clear overview of where, in basic concepts and clinical applications, we are in this field.

Our goal with this Research Topic is to bring together the main exponents in the field of balance disorder rehabilitation in order to characterize the historical moments and what evidence is already known in this field, as well as what new paths are expected.

Authors can submit articles in the field of neurology, otoneurology, psychiatry, physical therapy, vestibular rehabilitation, neuroimaging, and invasive and non-invasive neuromodulation concerning balance control assessment, or therapeutics. We look for articles in basic concepts as well as clinical applications.