Lian gong as a therapeutic treatment option in primary care for patients with dizziness: a randomized controlled trial
Dizziness is one of the most common reasons for seeking primary healthcare. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is a conventional treatment method for peripheralbalance disorders that effectively decreases symptoms. Lian gong [LG] is believed to benefit patients with dizziness and to reduce the impact of...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFMG |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufmg.br:1843/62419 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/62419 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Dizziness Primary health care Complementary Therapies Speech Therapy Clinical Trial |
| Resumo: | Dizziness is one of the most common reasons for seeking primary healthcare. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is a conventional treatment method for peripheralbalance disorders that effectively decreases symptoms. Lian gong [LG] is believed to benefit patients with dizziness and to reduce the impact of the condition on quality of life bystimulating visual fixation, attention, body balance, and neuroplasticity.Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of LG on the impact of dizziness on quality of life and fear of falling in primary health care patients.Methods:This was a two-arm, parallel randomized clinical trial that included 36 patients with dizziness not caused by central changes. After specific medical evalua tions and indications for treatment, the participants were randomly assigned to 3 groups: the LG group (n ¼ 11), the VR group (n ¼ 11), and the control group (n ¼ 14).The interventions were conducted collectively over a period of 12 weeks.Results: Lian gong reduced the influence of dizziness on quality of life in physical (1.8 points, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.2–3.4), functional (4.0 points, 95% CI: 2.1–5.9),and emotional domains of quality of life (4.4 points, 95% CI: 1.7–7.2), with no differences compared with VR. There were similar concerns among the groups about the risk of falling.Conclusion: Lian gong was shown to be an effective balance rehabilitation strategy to reduce the impact of dizziness on quality of life, with similar results to those of VR. |
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