2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992008000200014
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Reabilitação vestibular em um hospital universitário

Abstract: A Reabilitação Vestibular visa melhorar o equilíbrio global, a qualidade de vida e orientação espacial dos pacientes com tontura. OBJETIVOS: Traçar o perfil dos pacientes atendidos no Ambulatório de Reabilitação Vestibular do Setor de Otoneurologia de um hospital universitário e verificar os resultados obtidos no período de novembro/2000 a dezembro/2004. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Levantamento de dados contidos nas fichas dos 93 pacientes submetidos à Reabilitação Vestibular no período. FORMA DE ESTUDO: Clínico retros… Show more

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“…BPPV is the most common vestibular affection in the world population¹ and the distribution of the sample by gender and average age are consistent with the literature, which show the prevalence of vertigo in females 11,18,19 . Within the age group studied, this pathology is often a detrimental factor to the patient's life because it is associated with falls 20 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…BPPV is the most common vestibular affection in the world population¹ and the distribution of the sample by gender and average age are consistent with the literature, which show the prevalence of vertigo in females 11,18,19 . Within the age group studied, this pathology is often a detrimental factor to the patient's life because it is associated with falls 20 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…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 . Similarly to another study 12 , the mean age of the patients who underwent PVR was high-54.7 years.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O motivo da melhora poderá ser explicado pelo processo de plasticidade cerebral, no qual o sistema vestibular habituou em decorrência a uma resposta repetida dos exercícios propostos 12 A falta de movimentação corporal e o medo de sentir tontura faz com que o paciente restrinja seus movimentos corporais e, com isso, adquira maus hábitos posturais e, consequentemente, tensão da musculatura cervical para evitar o reaparecimento da tontura [23][24][25] . Outros sintomas como cabeça aérea, dificuldade de concentrar, ansiedade, depressão, náusea foram também relatados com melhora após a intervenção 26,27 .…”
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