Evaluation of rehabilitation efficiency in patients with vestibular syndrome

ABSTRACT Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine Bachelor Degree of Physical Therapy EVALUATION OF REHABILITATION EFFICIENCY IN PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR SYNDROME Physiotherapy Bachelor's Thesis The Author: Rūta Tamošauskaitė, a final year student in Bachelor's of Physical Therapy of Vilnius University. Academic advisor: assistant Mindaugas Liškauskas, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine. The aim of research work: To determine reliability of Fullerton balance test and Functional gait assessment with Tinetti balance and gait test for patients with vestibular syndrome. Tasks of work: 1.To evaluate patients before and after rehabilitation using Tinetti balance and gait test and to compare the results. 2.To evaluate patients before and after rehabilitation using Fullerton balance test and to compare the result. 3.To evaluate patients before and after rehabilitation using Functional gait assessment and to compare the results. 4.Compare the results of Fullerton balance test and Functional gait assessment with the results of Tinetti balance test. Materials and methods: Thirteen vestibular syndrome patients (10 women and 3 men) took part in the research. The research was carried out in the Vilnius Univerity Hospital Santaros Klinikos, in the Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine Centre, Out-patient department from November of 2016 to March of 2017. The initial assessment was made before rehabilitation and a repeated assessment was made after rehabilitation. Rehabilitation efficiency was evaluated using Tinetti balance and gait test, Fullerton balance test and Functional gait assessment. The results of Fullerton balance test and Functional gait assessment were compared with the results of Tinetti balance and gait test. Statistical data analysis was carried out with „Microsoft Excel 2010“ and „R Commander 3.3.1.“ statistical software package. Results: The comparison of the results has shown no statistically significant improvement in Tinetti balance and gait test results. While there was a statistically significant difference (p