G. Sensory Reactions and Self-dependence Evaluation of the Patients after Brain Damage in the Early Rehabilitation Period. Final paper for Master‘s degree

The aim of the research. To evaluate the sensory reactions and self-dependence of the patients after brain damage in the early rehabilitation period. Methods. The study was conducted in KMUC Neurorehabilitation section and Telšiai county hospital Rehabilitation department in 2009-2010. The study group consisted of 30 individuals who were divided into two groups. The first group contained 15 patients who suffered the brain stroke, 8 (53%) of them women and 7 (47%) men. The other group included 15 patients who suffered traumatic brain injuries, 4 (27%) of them women and 11 (73%) men. In the course of early rehabilitation, functional status of the patients under study was assessed using standardized test of Functional independence. By „Sensoneck“ system, sensory and motor reaction speed (in seconds) and quality of the task performance motion (in scores) was evaluated in patients who suffered traumatic brain injuries and brain stroke. The data of two groups, patients with traumatic brain injuries and patients with brain stroke, were compared. The assessment of the patients was performed at the beginning and the end of the early rehabilitation. The results. Average age of the patients with the brain stroke was 59,2 and of the patients with traumatic brain injuries – 43,3. Functional status assessment in FIM scores during rehabilitation of the patients with brain stroke varied from 59,7 to 86,8 points and the scores of those with brain injuries varied from 64,8±13,6 to 89,9 points. The results of the functional status assessment gained based on the FIM test are statistically significant (p0,05)