| Grant number: | 12/20046-2 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| Start date: | May 01, 2013 |
| End date: | July 17, 2016 |
| Field of knowledge: | Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy |
| Principal Investigator: | Débora Bevilaqua Grossi |
| Grantee: | Gabriela Ferreira Carvalho |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 14/23059-3 - Assessing the Control of Balance in Older Adults Using Sensing Technology, BE.EP.DR |
Abstract Recent studies have found the presence of disturbances related to static postural balance and agility in patients with migraine with and without aura, suggesting a dependency and altered sensory systems that control balance. However, the dynamic and functional changes are not known, nor the influence of chronicity on these parameters. Therefore the objective of this work is to identify the dynamic and functional changes in patients with chronic migraine, migraine with aura and without aura. We will evaluate 30 individuals in each group screened of the outpatient headache clinic through equipment NeuroCom Balance Master ®. Patients will be submitted to four tests by a blind evaluator: 1) evaluation of static equilibrium in a stable and unstable surface with opened and closed eyes, 2) stability limits, 3) gait analysis, 3) transposing an obstacle. It is expected that this design data elucidating the functional impairment of these patients in order that further evaluation and rehabilitation strategies could be incorporated to treatment. (AU) | |
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