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Vestibular rehabilitation is the most used therapy in cases of unbalance diagnosis. The vertigo symptoms are commonly related with inner ear diseases, affecting 20%-30% of the world population (von Brevern & Neuhauser, 2011). Its prevalence is higher in elders. In this work, a three-dimensional model of the semi-circular canal of the vestibular system, containing the fluids that pro-mote body balance, will be used. The Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, a meshless particle method, will be the discrete numerical technique used to simulate the fluid behaviour. In the SPH the discretization is represented by particles with constant mass (G.R. Liu & Liu, 2003). The obtained results allow to understand the behaviour of the vestibular structures during the rehabilitation manoeuvres.
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Vestibular rehabilitation Vertigo inner ear
Citation
Santos, C. F., Parente, M., Belinha, J., Natal Jorge, R. M., & Gentil, F. (2019). Computational simulation of the vestibular system using a meshless particle method. Em J. Belinha, R. M. N. Jorge, J. C. R. Campos, M. A. P. Vaz, & J. M. R. S. Tavares (Eds.), Biodental Engineering V (1a, pp. 129–134). CRC Press.