Physiotherapy in Vestibular Disorders

University of Jaén

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Vestibular Disorder

Treatments: Other: Experimental: Cawthorne and Cooksey exercises group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02746770

vestibularuja

Details and patient eligibility

About

Spanish population with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders.

Full description

Participants with peripheral vestibular disorders will be allocated to a Cawthorne and Cooksey exercises protocol or control group. The Cawthorne and Cooksey exercises consist in some head mobilization and positioning tasks which are related with a restoration of vestibular disorders.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants with with unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders

Exclusion criteria

• Bilateral vestibular disorders
• Fluctuating or active unilateral vestibular disease
• Or other medical conditions in the acute phase were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Cawthorne and Cooksey exercises group

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: Participants allocated in both control and experimental groups were receiving treatment for their specific vestibular disorders. Patients assigned to the experimental group also performed the Cawthorne and Cooksey exercises for vestibular rehabilitation during a six week of treatment period.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental: Cawthorne and Cooksey exercises group

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

intervention: The control group will not perform the active exercise that will be applied to intervention group.