Processamento cognitivo e equilíbrio corporal em idosos com disfunção vestibular

Abstract

60 anos), com disfunção vestibular periférica crônica, com queixa de tontura há mais de três meses. Os testes utilizados para investigar o equilíbrio corporal foram: Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI), Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) e Timed Up Go Test modificado (TUGTm) e para a avaliação cognitiva utilizou-se Mini Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM), Teste do Relógio (TR) e Teste de Fluência Verbal (FV). RESULTADOS: A média etária dos pacientes foi de 69,03 anos (DP=6,21 anos), sendo a maioria feminina (82,9%). Observou-se correlação negativa significante entre o MEEM e TUGT (ρ=-0,312; p=0,01), MEEM e TUGTm (ρ=-0,306; p=0,01), FV e TUGT (ρ=-0,346; p=0,01) e FV e TUGTm (ρ=-0,536; p=0,01); e correlação positiva significante entre TR e BBS (ρ=0,343; p=0,01), TR e DGI (ρ=0,298; p=0,01), FV e BBS (ρ=0,299; p=0,01), e FV e DGI (ρ=0,306; p=0,01). CONCLUSÃO: Idosos com vestibulopatia periférica crônica com pior desempenho no equilíbrio corporal funcional apresentam prejuízo nas habilidades cognitivas.]]>

Avaliação da tendência à quedas em idosos de Sergipe

“…It was found a significant association between TUGT and falls which was agree consistent with studies 15,16,27,28 that proved that TUGT is a good test to assess mobility and predict the risk of future falls.…”

“…Studies 15,16 indicate that the change on gait and balance in the elderly is very common, which corroborated the findings presented in this paper. In other hands, researches have shown that the volunteers showed no gait dysfunction, which could be explained by the fact that their survey had been evaluated patients with peripheral vestibular dysfunction 17 that presented no changes on their balance during the evaluation.…”

“…It was verified that TUGT did not reveal future risks for fall, which was discordant with other studies that showed interference from age [14][15][16][17]20 .…”

“…Other researchers reported that elderly 15,16,27,28 no reports of falls were significantly faster in execution TUGT compared to the elderly who had episodes of recurrent falls. Other 13 show that elderly that no reports falls perform the TUGT in a shorter time compared with those who had episodes of falls in the last year, which corroborated with the findings described and disagreed of the other research 15 .…”

Vestibular Rehabilitation Outcomes in the Elderly with Chronic Vestibular Dysfunction

“…Dizziness is a common and troubling symptom in the elderly population (1, 2). Approximately 20% of the elderly living in a community report having dizziness severe enough to interfere with their routine activities (3).…”