Dr. Oz Zur

Dr. Oz Zur Profile


PhD_P.T., 2013

Department : Recanati School for Community Health Professions
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Email : zuro@post.bgu.ac.il
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Vestibular rehabilitation, balance, vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), aging and falls

Education

  •   Ph.D. 2013 in visual vertigo (Haifa University [Dickstein R] and Canada Montreal, McGill, [Fung J])

 

Research Topics

  • Vestibular rehabilitation
  • Falls in the elderly
  • Preventing falls
  • Mild cognitive impairment and vestibular deficit
  • Vestibular system in children

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

 

  • Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) for diagnosis of the vestibular-ocular reflex
  • AMTI force plate for assessing postural control
  • Optokinetic stimulation
  • Rotary chair, manual version
  • Tilt board for perception assessment

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Zur O PI, Ilan OC, Shimron Hs, Carmeli E.C Horizontal Canal - Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (HC-BPPV) – clinical diagnostic procedures. Harefuah. 2017 March; Hebrew.
  • Zur OPI, Shaki TS, Carmeli EPI. Concurrent validity and reliability of a new balance scale used in older adults. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, (2016) 21:63-70.
  •  Tjernstrom FPI, Zur OPI, Jahn KPI. Current concepts and future approaches to vestibular rehabilitation. Journal of Neurology 2015.
  • Zur OPI, Schoen GC, Dickstein RC, Feldman J, Berner Y, Dannenbaum E, and Fung J.C Anxiety among individuals with visual vertigo and vestibulopathy. Disability and Rehabilitation (2015) 26:1-6.
  • Zur O PI,Dickstein RC, Dannenbaum EC, Carmeli EC, Fung J. C
    The Influence of Visual Vertigo and Vestibulopathy on Oculomotor Responses. Journal of Vestibular Research 2014.

Existing collaborations

  • Prof Eli Carmeli, Physiotherapy Department, Haifa University
  • Prof Jahn Klaus, Neurology Department, Schon Klinik, Bad Aibling, Germany

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Falls in the elderly
  • Vestibulo-ocular reflex in various populations
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