Resultados tras la rehabilitación vestibular y terapia Wii® en pacientes con hipofunción vestibular unilateral crónica

Introduccion y objetivos La rehabilitacion vestibular esta destinada a maximizar la compensacion central de la enfermedad vestibular periferica. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar las diferencias de la percepcion de discapacidad, el riesgo de caidas y la estabilidad de la mirada antes y despues de un tratamiento de rehabilitacion vestibular con el uso complementario de terapia Wii® en pacientes con diagnostico de hipofuncion vestibular unilateral cronica. Materiales y metodos Se revisaron registros de pacientes entre abril de 2009 y mayo de 2011 del area de rehabilitacion vestibular de un hospital universitario. Las variables estudiadas fueron el Dizziness Handicap Inventory, el indice dinamico de la marcha y la agudeza visual dinamica. Todos los sujetos usaron Wii® como complemento. Resultados Sesenta y nueve casos (41 mujeres y 28 hombres). La mediana de edad fue 64 anos. La mediana de Dizziness Handicap Inventory inicial fue de 40 puntos (rango 0-84, percentil 25-75 = 20-59) y final de 24 (rango 0-76, percentil 25-75 = 10-40) p < 0,0001. La mediana del indice dinamico de la marcha inicial fue 21 puntos (rango 8-24, percentil 25-75 = 17,5-23) y final de 23 (rango 12-24, percentil 25-75 = 21-23) p < 0,0001. La mediana de la agudeza visual dinamica inicial fue 2 (rango 0-6, percentil 25-75 = 1-4) y final de 1 (rango 0-3, percentil 25-75 = 0-2) p < 0,0001. Conclusion Se observo una disminucion de los valores del Dizziness Handicap Inventory, un aumento de los valores del indice dinamico de la marcha y una mejoria en la agudeza visual dinamica; todas estas variaciones fueron estadisticamente significativas.

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