Investigation of the Efficacy of Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Physiotherapy in Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction Patients

Medipol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vertigo; Vestibular Diseases; Vestibular Vertigo

Treatments: Device: non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation; Behavioral: vestibular rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06332326

E-10840098-772.02-4966

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study: To investigate the effectiveness of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and vestibular rehabilitation applications in patients diagnosed with Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction (UVH).

Full description

It was planned to include 40 patients diagnosed with UHV in the study. Patients were randomized into 2 separate groups (20 people in the vestibular rehabilitation group, 20 people in the vagus nerve stimulation group in addition to vestibular rehabilitation).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• He learned about unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction with videonystagmography
• Being able to communicate well

Exclusion criteria

• Having cognitive impairment
• Presence of central neurological disease
• Lack of cooperation
• Previous ear surgery
• Accompanied by Benign Proxysmal Positional Vertigo
• Having acute Meniere's disease
• Finding pathology in temporal bone MRI
• Having a lower extremity disorder that prevents walking
• Evidence of central pathology in videonystagmography results

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

VR+VAGUS GROUP

Experimental group

Description:

VR+VAGUS GROUP (n=20): PATIENTS USED NON-INVASIVE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION IN ADDITION TO VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION

Treatment:

Behavioral: vestibular rehabilitation

Device: non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation

VR GROUP

Active Comparator group

Description:

VR GROUP (n=20) : PATİENTS UNDERGOİNG VESTİBULAR REHABİLİTATİON

Treatment:

Behavioral: vestibular rehabilitation