EFFECTS OF VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION THERAPY (VRT) ON BALANCE, SPEED AND AGILITY IN POST-CONCUSSION FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Zohra Institute of Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Concussion, Mild

Treatments: Other: Cawthorne Cooksey Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04487821

ZIHS-1205/MS/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one and utmost rampant attained neurological conditions which can happen in young adults. Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy can help them improve their balance, speed and agility.

Full description

Total 40 sample size out of which were divided into control and experimental group. Concussed football athletes with age ranging 15-25 year, those participating actively in the sports were included in the study in the region of Kyber Pukhtoonkhwa Peshawar.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Active Male football player. Age between 15-25 years. Known cases of concussion were included in the study. Those patients complaining mild vertigo & participating in sports

Exclusion criteria

Concussion other than sports. History of metabolic diseases. History of recent fractures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects were randomly assigned and informed consent was obtained, the subjects were educated about treatment. This contained 4 types of progressive activities. Respectively every type contains 2 to 4 tasks, performed in sets of 10 repetitions for 4 weeks. Results were obtained by using Balance scoring system, and physical performance test for speed and agility

Treatment:

Other: Cawthorne Cooksey Exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group: (Group B) Subjects were randomly assigned and informed consent was obtained, the subjects were educated about treatment. They were asked to perform the regular drills. Results were obtained using Balance Error scoring system and physical performance test for speed and agility.