A quantitative analysis of postural control in elderly patients with vestibular disorders using visual stimulation by virtual reality [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Introduction: Postural instability is one the most common disabling features in vestibular disorders. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the limit of stability and the influence of manipulation of visual, somatosensorial and visual–vestibular ...
Juliana Maria Gazzola +4 more
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Effects of vibrotactile vestibular substitution on vestibular rehabilitation - preliminary study, [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 INTRODUCTION: Some patients with severe impairment of body balance do not obtain adequate improvement from vestibular rehabilitation (VR). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of Vertiguard(tm) biofeedback equipment as a sensory substitution (SS ...
Cibele Brugnera +3 more
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Influence of sensory information on static balance in older patients with vestibular disorder [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 Introduction: With aging, the sensory systems suffer an accumulation of degenerative, infectious and/or traumatic processes that may hinder the body balance maintenance.
Camila Macedo +4 more
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Immediate effects of an anchor system on the stability limit of individuals with chronic dizziness of peripheral vestibular origin [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2017 Introduction The symptoms associated with chronic peripheral vestibulopathy exert a negative impact on the independence and quality of life of these individuals, and many individuals continue to suffer from these symptoms even after conventional ...
Almir Resende Coelho +4 more
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Postural control assessment in students with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 INTRODUCTION: Children with sensorineural hearing loss can present with instabilities in postural control, possibly as a consequence of hypoactivity of their vestibular system due to internal ear injury.OBJECTIVE: To assess postural control stability in ...
Renato de Souza Melo +4 more
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Neurotology: definitions and evidence-based therapies – Results of the I Brazilian Forum of Neurotology [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Introduction: Neurotology is a rapidly expanding field of knowledge. The study of the vestibular system has advanced so much that even basic definitions, such as the meaning of vestibular symptoms, have only recently been standardized.
Márcio Cavalcante Salmito +30 more
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Evaluation of postural control in unilateral vestibular hypofunction [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Patients with vestibular hypofunction, a typical finding in peripheral vestibular disorders, show body balance alterations. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the postural control of patients with vertigo and unilateral vestibular hypofunction.
Rafaela Maia Quitschal +3 more
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Alterações auditivas e vestibulares associadas ao uso da mefloquina: uma revisão integrativa
Audiology: Communication Research, 2021 RESUMO Objetivo descrever, por meio de revisão da literatura, alterações auditivas e/ou vestibulares relacionadas ao uso em curto ou em longo prazo da mefloquina. Estratégia de pesquisa trata-se de uma revisão integrativa, realizada nas seguintes bases
Anna Maria de Lira Cabral +5 more
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Uso da posturografia para identificação do risco de queda em idosos com tontura
Audiology: Communication Research, 2022 RESUMO Objetivo avaliar se a posturografia, exame que avalia a habilidade de manter o equilíbrio em condições sensoriais conflitantes, pode identificar risco de queda em idosos com tontura. Métodos comparar os resultados posturográficos de idosos com e
Caroline Martins dos Santos Leopoldo +2 more
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Efeito da idade no equilíbrio corporal e nos resultados do vídeo teste do impulso cefálico em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca [PDF]
Audiology: Communication Research, 2023 RESUMO Objetivo verificar se existe associação entre a avaliação clínica do equilíbrio e o ganho do reflexo vestíbulo-ocular com o avanço da idade em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca.
Gizele Francisco Ferreira do Nascimento +4 more
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