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The importance of targeted rehabilitation in patients with the chronic vestibular disorder
Eisenhammerová, Kateřina ; Čakrt, Ondřej (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Jaroslav (referee)
Bibliografic identification EISENHAMMEROVÁ, Kateřina. The Importance of Targeted Rehabilitation in Patients with the Chronic Vestibular Disorder. Prague: Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Department of rehabilitation and exercise medicine, 2013. 81 pages. Supervisor: Mgr. Ondřej Čakrt. Abstract The thesis is concerned with the question of states of dizziness and postural instability in patients with a chronic vestibular disorder. The objective of the experimental part was to assess the influence of a group vestibular rehabilitation on the perception of subjective symptoms associated with a vestibular disorder (postural stability, oscillopsia) and on the quality of patients' lives. The rehabilitation programme lasted for five weeks and 15 patients (7 men and 8 women) ranging from 20 to 76 years took part in it. There were patients with peripheral (11 patients), central (3 patients) or combined (1 patient) vestibular syndrome. The rehabilitation took place once a week for 60 minutes, with two to four patients in a group, and it was supplemented with everyday home exercising (10-15 minutes). The therapy consisted mainly of balance exercises and practicing stability of the retinal image. For assessing the influence of the vestibular rehabilitation intervention, the static stabilometric...
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