Aplicación de la Kinesioterapia Vestibular para adultos mayores con alteración funcional del equilibrio de origen vestibular.

Abstract

Vestibular kinesiotherapy are exercises that focus on vestibular compensation, helping to improve the symptomatology caused by vestibular disorders, one of which is the loss of equilibrium due to vertigo or dizziness. Elderly are prone to vestibular deficit due to the aging process. This investigation determines the benefits of the vestibular kinesthetic program in the elderly with functional alteration of the balance of vestibular origin of the Vida Plena Gerontological Center in the City of Guayaquil; the same one that was of explanatory scope, quantitative approach, of pre – experimental; evaluations were made at the beginning and at the end of the process. Of a total of 60 patients, 30 constituted under the inclusion criteria were selected. In the final evaluation, patients showed improvement in the assessments made after 12 intervention sessions. In the sensitized Romberg test 23% were positive and babinski-weil positive only 20% of the patients, thus evidencing a marked improvement in the static and dynamic balance. In the Tinetti test, the high risk of falling was significantly reduced to 0% and the risk of falling from 60% to 20%. And the survey shows that 46.7% have a normal balance. The results of this study indicate that vestibular kinesiotherapy has wide benefits, improving static and dynamic balance and performing daily activities, decreasing the risk of falls in older adults with vestibular disorders since it promotes vestibular compensation.