Assessing Gait Stability before and after Cochlear Implantation

Assessing Gait Stability before and after Cochlear Implantation

Background. It is known that cochlear implantation may alter the inner ear and induce vestibular disorders. Research Question. How does cochlear implantation influence gait stability? Material and Methods. An experimental group of twenty-one subjects scheduled for cochlear implantation underwent gai...

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Veröffentlicht in:BioMed research international 2019-01, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-8
Hauptverfasser: Skarżyński, H., Wit, Andrzej, Zdrodowska, Agnieszka, Pietrasik, Katarzyna, Wiszomirska, Ida, Błażkiewicz, Michalina, Kaczmarczyk, Katarzyna, Barton, Gabor
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Sprache:eng
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Age
Archives & records
Balance
Biomechanics
Case-Control Studies
Classification
Cochlea
Cochlear Implantation
Cochlear implants
Control stability
Falls
Female
Gait
Gait - physiology
Hearing loss
Humans
Implantation
Inner ear
Male
Middle Aged
Motion capture
Older people
Parameters
Postural Balance
Posture
Rehabilitation
Stability analysis
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Surgery
Time Factors
Vestibular system
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Zusammenfassung:Background. It is known that cochlear implantation may alter the inner ear and induce vestibular disorders. Research Question. How does cochlear implantation influence gait stability? Material and Methods. An experimental group of twenty-one subjects scheduled for cochlear implantation underwent gait testing twice, on the day before cochlear implantation (BCI) and three months after cochlear implantation (ACI), using a motion capture system. A control group of 30 age-matched healthy individuals were also tested. Results. In the experimental group, the gait stability ratio (GSR) was found to improve in 17 subjects after implantation, by an average of 6%. Certain other parameters also showed statistically significant improvement between the two experimental group tests: step time (p
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2019/2474273