Head Stabilization Measurements as a Potential Evaluation Tool for Comparison of Persons With TBI and Vestibular Dysfunction With Healthy Controls
| Autor: | Jordan Sturdy, Pinata H. Sessoms, Erik Viirre, Kim R. Gottshall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Traumatic brain injury Population Poison control Walking Motion capture Young Adult Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans education Gait Postural Balance Vestibular system education.field_of_study business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Sacrum Vestibular Diseases Brain Injuries Head (vessel) Female business |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 180:135-142 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | A large percentage of persons with traumatic brain injury incur some type of vestibular dysfunction requiring vestibular physical therapy. These injuries may affect the natural ability to stabilize the head while walking. A simple method of utilizing motion capture equipment to measure head movement while walking was used to assess improvements in head stabilization of persons undergoing computerized vestibular physical therapy and virtual reality training for treatment of their vestibular problems. Movement data from the head and sacrum during gait were obtained over several visits and then analyzed to determine improved oscillatory head movement relative to the sacrum. The data suggest that, over time with treatment, head stabilization improves and moves toward a pattern similar to that of a healthy control population. This simple analysis of measuring head stability could be transferred to smaller, portable systems that are easily utilized to measure head stability during gait for use in gait assessment and physical therapy training. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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