PMID: 25764617Mar 15, 2015Paper

Chulalongkorn vestibular balance exercise for rehabilitation in persons with various types of vestibular disorders

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Saowaros PatarapakPermsarp Isipradit

Abstract

To study the efficiency of Chulalongkorn vestibular balance exercise for rehabilitation in persons with various types of vestibular disorders. Fifty-eight patients with various types of vestibular disorder were identified by a retrospective chart review. Thirty of the 58 patients met the inclusion criteria of having dizziness and unsteadiness post vestibular diseases with complete record of neuro-otologic examination; vestibular tests and had been followed-up for at least 3 month. These patients were treated with Chulalongkorn vestibular balance exercise and were evaluated for dizziness symptoms and balance bedside test at the beginning of treatment, one month and three months after the exercise. The average age of the patients was 50.34 ± 14.04 years. The average of duration of exercise program was 5.6 months. There were 6 cases of vestibular neuronitis; 5 cases of post acoustic neuroma removal; 4 cases of acute cochleovestibular loss; 3 cases of motion sickness; 2 cases of cerebellar atrophy; 3 cases of multisensory dizziness; 4 cases of post meningitis with deafness; and 3 cases of ototoxicity. After the exercise, improvement of dizziness symptoms could be found in all groups of the diseases at one month and three months. Th...Continue Reading

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