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Among the participants in the hostilities in the East of Ukraine, military personnel receive a brain contusion three times more often than other injuries. The main problem of closed craniocerebral injury is that complications appear after some time. The aim of the work was to investigate the consequences of traumatic brain injury accompanied by brain contusion in amateur athletes. All the tested athletes had the main neurological syndromes that limited their vital activity: vegetative disorders and discoordination of the vestibular genesis. Under observation were 12 men aged 25-42 years with long-term consequences of a closed craniocerebral injury in the late long-term period. The duration of the post-traumatic period is from six months. The cause of disability was wounds and contusions associated with military operations. In all patients, complications after TBI were a decrease in muscle strength in the lower extremities, impaired coordination and balance, and a walking pattern. According to the International Classification of Functioning, limitation of vital activity and health in subjects in the domain "Structure and functions of the body" was observed mono- or hemiparesis of the lower extremities. In the activity and participation domain, patients complained about being able to return to amateur sports. When assessing the quality of life on the VAS scale, a low level of quality of life was revealed. According to the Lovett manual muscle test, it was found that in the subjects in the late long-term period after injury, there is a decrease in muscle strength of both the anterior and posterior thigh and lower back muscle groups. The results of the Bohannon test showed an increased risk of falling due to imbalance. «Timed Up and Go» testing indicated a statistically significant decrease in vestibular coordination and gait pattern compared to the norm. |
