Effects of Physical Treatment on Postural Stability in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Patients

Assuta Hospital Systems

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Treatments: Other: Semont maneuver; Other: Epley maneuver

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00978809

BPPV-2

2009051

Details and patient eligibility

About

The propose of this study is to compare two methods of physical treatment for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, by evaluating treatment effects on postural stability.

The trail design is a double blinded randomized controlled trail, with each patient going through three evaluations: before treatment, 1 week after treatment and 60 days after treatment.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• medical referral for treating "vertigo"
• subject has short episodes of rotatory vertigo (up to 1 minute)
• subject has positive Hallpike-Dix test with typical nystagmus
• repeated Hallpike-dix test will show fatigability

Exclusion criteria

• Hallpike-Dix test produces vertigo without nystagmus
• subject has BPPV of the horizontal or anterior semi-circular canal
• subject has other known vestibular or neurologic condition
• subject has nystagmus of a different type
• subject has a cervical spine problem which prevents the utilization of Epley or Semont maneuvers
• subject is unable to stand for 1 minute
• subject gets pharmacologic treatment for vertigo while doing the postural stability evaluation
• subject is under 18 years old or a pregnant female or cannot obtain informed concent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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0 participants in 3 patient groups

Semont

Active Comparator group

Description:

BPPV patients treated by Semont maneuver by a physical therapist.

Treatment:

Other: Semont maneuver

control

No Intervention group

Description:

healthy volunteers.

Epley maneuver

Active Comparator group

Description:

BPPV patients treated with Epley maneuver by a physical therapist.

Treatment:

Other: Epley maneuver