Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Exercise for Bening Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo

Treatments: Other: Telerehabilitation group (n=21); Other: Control Group (n=21)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05166473

10354421-2021/07-09

Details and patient eligibility

About

In addition to the channelize reposition maneuvers (KRM) that will be applied by the physician in patients diagnosed with Benign paroxysmal positional Vertigo (BPPV), the aim of the study is to investigate the effect of vestibular rehabilitation exercises that will be October based on telerehabilitation by the physiotherapist.

Full description

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), the most common form of recurrent vertigo the common cause. Short-term, occurring with specific head movements, it is described as episodic, transient vertigo attacks.Calcium in the movement of the head autocoids formed from carbonate crystals emerge from the places and one or more crystals enter the semicircular channel, which affects the endolymphatic flow of the Vertigo leads to the formation. BPPV is also characterized by positional nystagmus along side positional vertigo. BPPV often causes a person to restrict person's life and weeks or it recovers spontaneously within months. Autolytic debrides in the cupula aimed at separating the cupula or removing the clutches from the canal vestibular exercises or maneuvers significantly accelerate healing. In the treatment of BPPV, vestibular rehabilitation applications are used primarily.As a vestibular rehabilitation, the canalith reposition maneuver, developed by Epley and effective, is often preferred. Telerehabilitation, rehabilitation by the use of electronic communication systems describes the provision of services to patients remotely. Transport to health services to provide an effective rehabilitation service to patients when limited it takes advantage of telerehabilitation. Some studies show that telerehabilitation can reduce health care costs, improve physical and mental function and quality of life, and be presented in a way that satisfies patients.The Covid-19 epidemic outbreak has affected health care. To protect healthcare workers and patients from the risk of infection, to ensure widespread use of telecommunications technology instead of face-to-face clinical visits, rules, regulations.With these arrangements, telerehabilitation became of great importance for physiotherapists.High levels of evidence on image-based telerehabilitation technologies suggest that they can be used for remote diagnosis and patient follow-up and are the most effective method for physiotherapists. Pain of exercise through telerehabilitation compared to other interventions, it has at least similar effects on physical function and quality of life references. As a method of vestibular rehabilitation, mostly when examined in the literature it has been observed that manoeuvring has been applied and these practices have been compared with drugs. In this study, aim is to support the literature by adding exercise practices given according to the levels of telerehabilitation-based patients along with maneuver practices.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with positional vertigo,
• Be in the December 18-65 age range
• Dix Hallpike maneuver test ( + ),
• Who volunteers to participate in the study
• Sufficient to use technology,
• Can understand the instructions given in Turkish
• Having smart phone and active internet connection

Exclusion criteria

• At the end of the examination, there are signs of acute or chronic infection

• Thought to have neurological pathology that causes dizziness

• Head trauma, with a history of surgical operation

• Lower extremity pain that prevents you from standing and giving a load

• A history or symptom of diseases of the vestibular system other than BPPV

• Lower limb surgery

• Sudden sensorial hearing loss and the presence of chronic otitis media

  • Pregnancy

• Presence of a serious cognitive disorder detected by a doctor at a level that will prevent testing

• Not being at a mental level to understand and answer survey questions

• Cervical pathologies that can lead to dizziness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Telerehabilitation group (n=21)

Experimental group

Description:

This group was conducted with a physiotherapist for video conference-based vestibular rehabilitation exercises, was called the "telerehabilitation group (TR)". In terms of ease of Use and applicability, the WhatsApp app was preferred. Patients were individually searched for two days a week, 25-30 minutes. The exercises were performed gradually from easy to difficult, initially in a sitting position in accordance with the levels of the patients.

Treatment:

Other: Telerehabilitation group (n=21)

Control Group (n=21)

Active Comparator group

Description:

After the home exercise program, which should be applied twice a day for six weeks, was shown in practice, the home exercise program was given, in which the exercises were visual and written, this group was called the "control group". All participants were given a phone number to consult when there were any problems, and were phoned to decry whether they were continuing the exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Control Group (n=21)