Effect of Physical Therapy Exercise Program and Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Treatment of Cervicogenic Somatosensory Tinnitus

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tinnitus, Subjective

Treatments: Other: Exercise Therapy program added to laser therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04641156

6688

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effectiveness of adding a physical therapy exercise program to low-level laser therapy on the treatment of chronic tinnitus treatment

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex

Ages: 45 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ranged from 45 to 55 years old both sex
• Unilateral tinnitus
• Stable tinnitus for at least 3 months
• suffering from severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus (CST)

Exclusion criteria

• tinnitus with clear ontological etiologies as perforation of the tympanic membrane
• external otitis media
• conductive hearing loss
• patients with a traumatic cervical spine injury, tumors
• Any history of exposure to ototoxic drugs/substances
• psychotic disorders with auditory hallucination

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Low level LASER Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this group received low-level laser therapy

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Therapy program added to laser therapy

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this group received additional planned exercise therapy program

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Therapy program added to laser therapy