Asai M, Watanabe Y, Shimizu K
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1997;528:116-20.
We evaluated the effects of vestibular rehabilitation on postural instability in 2 patients with unilateral and bilateral reduced vestibular function. Another patient with unilateral vestibular disorder was treated with drugs without vestibular rehabilitation. The outcome of postural control in these 3 patients was measured using an EquiTest. With this apparatus, improvement of postural stability and change of postural strategy were measured under the condition eyes closed and platform movement was dependent on the subject's anterior-posterior sway. The observations suggest that the vestibular rehabilitation had a positive effect not only on postural stability but also on postural strategy.
我们评估了前庭康复对2例单侧和双侧前庭功能减退患者姿势不稳的影响。另1例单侧前庭疾病患者接受了药物治疗，未进行前庭康复。使用平衡测试仪（EquiTest）测量这3例患者的姿势控制结果。通过该仪器，在闭眼且平台运动取决于受试者前后摇摆的条件下，测量姿势稳定性的改善和姿势策略的变化。观察结果表明，前庭康复不仅对姿势稳定性有积极影响，而且对姿势策略也有积极影响。
