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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/62419| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Lian gong as a therapeutic treatment option in primary care for patients with dizziness: a randomized controlled trial |
| Authors: | Aline Lamaslopes Stela Maris Aguiar Lemos Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo Denise Utsch Gonçalves Juliana Nunes Santos |
| Abstract: | Dizziness is one of the most common reasons for seeking primary healthcare. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is a conventional treatment method for peripheralbalance disorders that effectively decreases symptoms. Lian gong [LG] is believed to benefit patients with dizziness and to reduce the impact of the condition on quality of life bystimulating visual fixation, attention, body balance, and neuroplasticity.Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of LG on the impact of dizziness on quality of life and fear of falling in primary health care patients.Methods:This was a two-arm, parallel randomized clinical trial that included 36 patients with dizziness not caused by central changes. After specific medical evalua tions and indications for treatment, the participants were randomly assigned to 3 groups: the LG group (n ¼ 11), the VR group (n ¼ 11), and the control group (n ¼ 14).The interventions were conducted collectively over a period of 12 weeks.Results: Lian gong reduced the influence of dizziness on quality of life in physical (1.8 points, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.2–3.4), functional (4.0 points, 95% CI: 2.1–5.9),and emotional domains of quality of life (4.4 points, 95% CI: 1.7–7.2), with no differences compared with VR. There were similar concerns among the groups about the risk of falling.Conclusion: Lian gong was shown to be an effective balance rehabilitation strategy to reduce the impact of dizziness on quality of life, with similar results to those of VR. |
| Subject: | Dizziness Primary health care Complementary Therapies Speech Therapy Clinical Trial |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE FONOAUDIOLOGIA MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE OFTALMOLOGIA E OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1055/s-0040-1718956 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/62419 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1718956 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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