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. 2015 Jan 13;2015(1):CD005397. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005397.pub4

Barozzi 2006.

Methods Design: randomised controlled trial
Participants Number: 28
Age: mean age 59 (SD 6) years
Gender: 8 men
Setting: not reported
Eligibility criteria: unilateral peripheral vestibular deficit, 1 to 6 months after the acute phase, diagnosed by clinical examination, CDP, videonystagmography, rotatory chair and caloric tests demonstrating a canal paresis of at least 25%
Baseline characteristics: not reported
Interventions Intervention group: oculomotor rehabilitation (adaptation) (n not stated)
Comparator group: vestibular electrical stimulation (n not stated)
VR versus non‐VR
Outcomes Primary outcomes: DHI
 Secondary outcome: posturography
Notes No details given regarding participants lost to follow‐up
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information about the sequence generation process
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information about the method of allocation
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk There is insufficient information regarding the blinding of participants and assessors
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk The total numbers of participants in each group at follow‐up was not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Study protocol not available but all data appear to be reported
Other bias Low risk The study appears to be free of other sources of bias