[Vestibular rehabilitation of patients suffering of vertigo: literature review and personal experience].
The paper reports the results of a study on the effectiveness of vestibular rehabilitation therapy in patients suffering from vertigo, mostly in those cases in which spontaneous compensation is only slight or not achieved at all. The main aim or rehabilitation training is to foster functional compensation between the two vestibular hemisystems. Fifty patients were divided into two groups: those with labyrinthine vertigo, who underwent therapy which included vestibular habituation training (VHT); those with disequilibrium, who received balance coordination training. The results turned out successfully in 75% of those patients belonging to the first group, whereas patients in the second group showed relevant improvement of subjective symptoms related to imbalance, confirmed by the results of post-urographic assessment. Moreover, the severity of vertigo decreased by about 50% with regard to initial intensity after the first week of treatment and reduced considerably by the end of the second week.
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D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D002150:Caloric Tests; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016138:Walking
La rieducazione vestibolare del paziente vertiginoso: rassegna della letteratura ed esperienze personali.