Simplified Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy

By Byung In Han

Book Overview

I. Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy: Review of Indications, Mechanisms, and Key Exercises.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Indications.- 3. Natural course of peripheral vestibular lesions.- 4. Principles of VRT.- 1) Enhancing gaze stability.- 2) Enhancing postural stability.- 3) Decreasing vertigo.- 4) Improving activities of daily living.- 5. Factors affecting recovery.- 6. Practicing exercise.- 1) Principles of the exercises.- 2) Components of the exercises.- 3) Exercise modification.- 4) Exercise frequency and duration.- 5) How to progress.- 6) Special situations.- 7. Summary.- II. Vestibular Rehabilitation in Central Dizziness.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Usefullness of VRT for selected central dizziness.- 3. Cerebellar degeneration.- 4. Parkinson disease.- 5. Conclusion.- III. Implementing the exercises.- 1. Assessments.- 2. Exercises for VRT.- 1) General Exercises.- 2) Vestibular Rehabilitation Exercises.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811598711
• ISBN13: 9789811598715
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"