Interdisciplinary Approach to Dizziness: Roles of Audiology and Physical Therapy

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Faith W. Akin ◽  
Courtney D. Hall ◽  
Kristal M. Riska
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Vestibular Dysfunction ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Vestibular Assessment

Dizziness is one of the most common reasons patients seek medical care, and because there are many causes of dizziness, management of these patients requires an interdisciplinary approach. Peripheral vestibular dysfunction is the most common cause of dizziness/vertigo diagnosed in specialty clinics. The purpose of this article is to present an interdisciplinary approach to the management of patients with vestibular dysfunction with a focus on the unique and overlapping contributions of audiology and physical therapy to vestibular assessment and rehabilitation.

scholarly journals Does employment in high risk professions relating to firefighters and emergency workers cause injuries that requires long hospitalization?

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hrvoje Lalić ◽  
Iva Kruljac
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Injured Workers ◽  
Hospital System ◽  
Emergency Workers ◽  
The Difference

Firefighters and emergency workers are exposed to increased injury risks. The objective of the paper was to find out if such activities cause injuries that require long hospitalization. The files of 137 firefighters in Littoral Mountainous County, Croatia, were examined as well as those of 120 emergency workers in the last decade. The results have shown that on average firefighters were treated in hospitals 1.33 days, and emergency workers 0.018 days, p = .019, p < .05. The firefighters’ sick leave was longer, with a mean 63.91 days compared to emergency workers sick leave mean 22.90 days, but if two firefighters on long sick leave were excluded, the difference between two groups was not significant, p = .256, p > .05. While these injuries result in short hospitalizations time the sick leave time takes longer and requires extensive outpatient physical therapy that burden hospital system. Overall, the amount of medical care time to return these injured workers to duty is large, there is necessity of implementing innovative injury prevention programs. 

Interdisciplinary approach in management of women’s chronic pelvic pain

2018 ◽  
pp. 87-91
Author(s):  
S.I. Zhuk ◽  
◽  
O.A. Gordiychuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Pelvic Pain ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Pelvic Pain Syndrome ◽  
Medical Supervision

This review represents a look at the problem of chronic pelvic pain syndrome of obstetrician-gynecologist and neurologist. The necessity of an interdisciplinary approach at different stages of medical care for these women is shown in the review (from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and the establishment of a long-term medical supervision of these patients). The existing contradictions in this issue are shown and the necessity of creating a single classification and elaborating individual approaches to treatment is underlined. Key words: chronic pelvic pain, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, interdisciplinary approach.

Falls in the elderly due to vestibular dysfunction: clinical and pathogenetic aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-103
Author(s):  
I. V. Damulin ◽  
M. V. Tardov
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older People ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Vestibular System ◽  
Sensory Integration ◽  
Functional Neuroimaging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Vestibular Dysfunction ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Multimodal Sensory Integration

This article discusses the clinical features and causes of falls in the elderly due to vestibular dysfunction. The sociomedical significance of this problem is emphasized. Almost 50% of older people who have suffered repeated falls have a restriction of physical activity because of psychological reasons (fear of repeated falls). The most common cause of falls is balance disorders, and the corresponding complaint in patients with falls is vertigo. The description of peripheral and central forms of vertigo is provided. The clinical and pathogenetic aspects of these disorders are considered. It emphasizes that research conducted in recent years using methods of functional neuroimaging has significantly advanced our understanding of the mechanisms of functioning of the vestibular system, especially its central parts. Based on the results of studies aimed at studying the human connectome in patients with cochleovestibular disorders, the significance of multimodal sensory integration disorders with this pathology is shown.

Physical Therapy for Central Vestibular Dysfunction

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Brown ◽  
Susan L. Whitney ◽  
Gregory F. Marchetti ◽  
Diane M. Wrisley ◽  
Joseph M. Furman
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Vestibular Dysfunction
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