Effects of Gaze Stabilization Exercises on Dizziness, Balance and Quality of Life in Cervical Spondylosis Patients

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Balance; Distorted; Cervical Spondylosis; Dizziness

Treatments: Other: gaze stabilization exercises; Other: neck isometrics

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05707130

REC/RCR & AHS/22/0218

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of gaze stabilization exercises on dizziness, balance and quality of life in patients with cervical spondylosis.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial will be performed in which total 32 patients with cervical spondylosis will be included. The data will be collected from Riphah rehabilitation centre Lahore and Ittefaq hospital Lahore. The duration of study will be ten months. Dizziness handicap inventory, Romberg test and Vestibular Disorders Activities of Daily Living Scale will be used as data collection tools.

Data collection will be started after taking informed consent from all patients.

Patients will be allocated to intervention groups by randomization. The patients in group A will be given gaze stabilization exercises and habituation exercises along with neck isometrics for 4 weeks. The patients in group B will be given neck isometrics for treatment of cervical spondylosis for 4 weeks. After data collection, analysis of pre and post values will be done by using SPSS 25.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pre diagnosed from orthopedic doctor with cervical spondylosis
• Complaining of cervicogenic dizziness confirmed with positive results to the tests namely Romberg's test, dizziness handicap inventory

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with cervical radiculopathy
• Any drug allergy and neurological deficits were excluded from the study.
• Dizziness due to ear infection and due to BPPV

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

gaze stabilization exercises group

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group will receive Vestibulo ocular reflex VOR / gaze stabilization exercise, Static neck exercise, and Habituation exercise. Neck isometric exercises like isometric flexion, extension, lateral bending will be performed.

Treatment:

Other: gaze stabilization exercises

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in Conventional group will get neck isometric exercises like isometric flexion, extension, lateral bending.

Treatment:

Other: neck isometrics