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A Clinical Analysis of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients with Balance Disorders / 听力学及言语疾病杂志
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology ; (6): 230-233, 2015.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-463115
ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the clinical outcomes of vestibular rehabilitation therapy(VRT) in the treat‐ment of patients with balance disorders .Methods Seventy -six patients were diagnosed with vertigo based on the principle of single and double side targeted rehabilitation ,and were divided into four groups randomly .Group A of 29 cases received unilateral simple drug treatment only ,group B of 29 cases received unilateral drug treatmeat com‐bined with vestibular rehabilitation therapy ;bilateral simple drug treatment for the 9 cases in group C ,group D of 9 cases accepted bilateral drug treatment combined with vestibular rehabilitation therapy .Group A and C were the control groups while B and D were experimental groups .All cases were retrospectively analyzed to compare vestibu‐lar rehabilitation therapy combined with drugs treatment with the simple drug treatment group .Results The effects in all patients were better after treatment .The VSI scores four weeks after treatment in four groups were signifi‐cantly lower than that of before treatment .The BBS score after treatment of experimental groups were significantly higher than those of in the control groups .The Fukuda step experiment effects were better than the control group . All the above comparisons had a statistical significance(P< 0 .01) .Conclusion The clinical efficacy of normative vestibular rehabilitation exercise is satisfactory .

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Language: Chinese Journal: Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology Year: 2015 Type: Article