Evaluation of physical endurance for the persons after traumatic brain injury and cerebral ischemic infarction

Viltė Latušinskaitė. Evaluation of physical endurance for the persons after traumatic brain injury and cerebral ischemic infarction. Master’s thesis. Supervisor - Prof .dr. Eglė Lendraitienė. Lithuanian University of Health Sciencies, Medical Academy, Faculty of Nursing, Clinic of reabilitation. Kaunas, 2019, - 60 p. Aim: To evaluate the physical capacity of persons with traumatic brain injury or cerebral infarction; Tasks: 1) To evaluate the indicators of muscle strength, cardiac and respiratory capacity of persons with ischemic cerebral infarction; 2) To evaluate indices of muscle strength, heart and respiratory capacity of persons who have suffered traumatic brain injury; Materials and methods: Hench test, Stange test, Orthostatic test, Borg scale, 6 minutes walk test, Hur – pneumatic resistance system; Conclusions: The respiratory capacity of individuals with experienced TBI is low - none of the subjects reached normal level. More than half of the subjects achieved rates of external and internal respiratory gas metabolism and oxygen consumption. Most people have low physical capacity and subjects are weak and untrained. One-third reached normal in the leg muscular strength assessment and one in ten in the muscular strength evaluation. 2. The respiratory capacity of subjects with cerebral ischemic infarction is low - none of the subjects reached normal levels. One third of the subjects reached the rates of external and internal respiratory gas metabolism and oxygen consumption. The physical fitness of most is low and half of the subjects are weak and untrained. One-fourth reached the norm in the leg muscular strength assessment and one in twenty in the muscular strength evaluation