Cervical Mobility and Vestibular Rehabilitation

Viviane de Souza Pinho Costa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vestibular Diseases

Treatments: Other: Control Group (CG); Other: Intervention Group (IG)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02622516

Viviane-Unopar

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vertigo, dizziness and imbalance are the main symptoms of vestibular dysfunction. They can lead to physical consequences, such as the reduction of postural control and falls, psychological and / or psychiatric consequences such as anxiety and depression, panic and cognitive changes, especially in the elderly. It is known that individuals affected by these disorders may improve with the completion of vestibular rehabilitation protocol.Treatment protocols can introduce variability of exercises to control the signs and symptoms related to vestibular diseases, in order to customize the treatment to affected individuals .

Full description

The objective of this study will be to compare the effectiveness of a multisensory exercises protocol of vestibular rehabilitation versus conventional protocol of Cawthorne & Cooksey exercises for the treatment of patients with vestibular disorders. Methods: There will be a Clinical Trial Random, blind, Hidden Allocation. The sample will consist of 54 subjects submitted to two different protocols of vestibular rehabilitation exercises (Intervention Group (IG) and Control Group (CG)), to be held with individual treatment once a week, totaling 12 attendences. All will be assessed before and after treatment and the main variables analyzed are general characteristics of the clinical signs and symptoms caused by vestibular diseases, perception of quality of life and functional capacity paras activities of daily life, body flexibility, range of motion in the region cervical, parameters of static and dynamic postural balance and the perception of the results promoted by the treatment of vestibular rehabilitation and will compare the results of the groups. Expected results: It is expected, clinically, that subjects who receive treatment through multisensory exercises Protocol for VR present reduction of clinical signs and symptoms of dizziness, complaints of pains and cervical joint limitations, parameters of improvement related to postural balance, aspects of functional capacity and quality of life.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 72 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People from the age of majority (18 years) to 69 years, considered by the population division in youth, adults and older people to 69 years according to the World Health Organization (WHO) , of both genders, with commitment by diagnosed peripheral vestibular disorders clinically by a doctor, including the peripheral vestibular type Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), with vestibular symptoms, with higher scores than or equal to a spot on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Dizziness or higher rank than or equal to 16 points in the questionnaire dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI).

Exclusion criteria

• Elderly aged 70 or more, which have visual impairment and/or total hearing, orthopedic disorders that limit the realization of the proposed activities, nervous system injuries that cause damage engines and/or additional sensitive and diagnostics of Ménière's disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group (IG)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group subjects (IG) will receive physiotherapy treatment in vestibular rehabilitation based on multisensory exercises consisting of the group of therapeutic proposals that stimulation of the vestibular, proprioceptive and visual associated with manual therapy treatment proposed by the techniques cervical global pompage and classic massage therapy on neck and shoulder girdle .

Treatment:

Other: Intervention Group (IG)

Control Group (CG)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the control group subjects (CG) will receive physiotherapy treatment in vestibular rehabilitation based on Cawthorne and Cooksey Exercises, consisting of eye movements in different directions, slowly and quickly; head movements in different planes, with open and closed eyes, slow and fast; and body exercises such as lifting and sit, walk open and closed eyes, up and down ramps and stairs, as well as some activities and ball games.

Treatment:

Other: Control Group (CG)