2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992008000200004
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Efeito da reabilitação vestibular sobre a qualidade de vida de idosos labirintopatas

Abstract: A tontura é um sintoma que acomete a população mundial, sendo observado maior prevalência em idosos devido ao processo de deterioração funcional dos sistemas auditivo e vestibular com o envelhecimento. OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar prospectivamente o efeito da Reabilitação Vestibular (RV) como tratamento das labirintopatias de origem vascular e metabólica sobre a qualidade de vida de idosos. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: O estudo foi delineado como um ensaio clínico prospectivo, longitudinal, com a part… Show more

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“…This fact is in agreement with the literature, which reports greater prevalence of labyrinth disease in women 5,6,8 . Possible explanations for this are hormonal and metabolic alterations-more frequent in women-that could favor a higher occurrence of BPPV and other balance disorders 13,18 .…”
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confidence: 93%
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“…This fact is in agreement with the literature, which reports greater prevalence of labyrinth disease in women 5,6,8 . Possible explanations for this are hormonal and metabolic alterations-more frequent in women-that could favor a higher occurrence of BPPV and other balance disorders 13,18 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…Currently, personalized vestibular rehabilitation (PVR) has been widely used in the treatment of vertiginous patients to attenuate dizziness and body unsteadiness. It has shown to be an important and effective strategy to treat patients with body balance disorders, enhancing competence and well-being of individuals in performing the activities of daily living and promoting a marked improvement in their QOL 5,6,9 . The repetitive exercises prescribed in vestibular rehabilitation therapy accelerate the physiological process of compensation by habituation, generating a conditioned compensatory response of the reticular neurons in order to maintain the activation of the cerebral cortex at a homeostatic level-a slowly-developing, active response to repeated exposure in a process similar to conditioning.…”
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“…These findings are consistent with studies 20,[24][25][26][27] that applied the DHI in populations with…”
Section: Figure 2 -Dizziness Handicap Inventory Brazilian Versionsupporting
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“…A imobilidade impede a recuperação da função vestibular e os exercícios são destinados a promover retreinamento dos movimentos, acomodação ou substituição para melhora da função, estimulando o sistema nervoso até que ele se adapte 28 .…”
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