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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 25(04): e509-e516
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718956
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Lian gong as a Therapeutic Treatment Option in Primary Care for Patients with Dizziness: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors

  • Aline Lamas Lopes 

    1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

  • Stela Maris Aguiar Lemos 

    1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

  • Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo 

    2   Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Diamantina, MG, Brazil

  • Denise Utsch Gonçalves 

    1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

  • Juliana Nunes Santos 

    1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    2   Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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Abstract

Introduction Dizziness is one of the most common reasons for seeking primary health care. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is a conventional treatment method for peripheral balance 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 by stimulating 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 evaluations and indications for treatment, the participants were randomly assigned to 3 groups: the LG group (n = 11), the VR group (n = 11), and the control group (n = 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.

Keywords

Dizziness - primary health care - complementary therapies - speech therapy - clinical trial


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Eingereicht: 12. Februar 2020

Angenommen: 23. August 2020

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
08. Dezember 2020

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