Integração sensorial, limite de estabilidade corporal e melhora clínica em idosos vestibulopatas submetidos a dois programas de reabitação vestibular / Sensory organization, limits of postural stability and clinical improvement in elderly with vestibulopathy submitted to two vestibular rehabilitation programs
AUTOR(ES)
Lucinda Simoceli
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
Study design: Blind randomized clinical trial. Objective: To compare the variation of the sensory organization, limits of postural stability and clinical improvement in elderly patients after Vestibular Rehabilitation (VR) therapy using two different methods: classical vestibular rehabilitation (CVR) with global training of balance system and adaptation of vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). Material and Method: Thirty-nine patients aged over 65 years with balance disorders and indication of VR therapy were selected and randomly allocated into two groups: Cawthorne-Cooksey modified protocol (CVR Group) and adaptation of VOR protocol (VOR Group). Patients were assessed before and after treatment with Sensory Organization Test (SOT) and Limits of Stability (LOS) by Computerized Dynamic Posturography (CDP), using clinical scale Disability Index (DI) and self-assessment based on reported percentage of improvement. Results: The study comprised 16 subjects in the CVR group and 16 in the VOR group who fully complied with the treatment. The groups showed similar age range, gender and balance abnormalities. After treatment, both groups presented similar variations of CDP tests and similar results in the clinical scale and in the self-assessment. Conclusion: Both VR protocols showed similar results in effective expansion of limits of stability, scores of sensory organization test and subjective clinical improvement of patients
ASSUNTO(S)
idoso fall tontura posturografia vestibular rehabilitation reabilitação vestibular dizziness posturography queda ederly
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