Active clinical trials for "Dizziness"

There is a need to manage dizziness in vestibular dysfunction patients with the vestibular rehabilitation to improve the life style of these patients. Vestibular rehabilitation exercises are beneficial for the vestibular dysfunction patients because they decrease dizziness and visual symptoms, increase walking and balance functions and with this the general activity level also increases. In my study my goal is to apply two different vestibular exercise and check their effects on dizziness in hearing impaired children's.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common vestibular disorder in adults and the treatment of choice is by particle repositioning manoeuvres (PRM). This study aims to compare the treatment efficacy of two home-based exercises, self-Epley manoeuvre (SEM) and Brandt-Daroff exercise (BDE) in patients with posterior canal BPPV based on vertigo resolution, reduction of vertigo intensity, the Dizziness Handicap Inventory scores and the conversion of a positive to negative Dix-Hallpike test.

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

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of proprioceptive vestibular rehabilitation on balance, functional mobility, posture, sensory profile and quality of life in patients with vertigo due to peripheral vestibular hypofunction.

The proposed study is a randomized clinical trial with the purpose of determining the efficacy of osteopathic treatment on vestibular symptoms of the post concussed vestibular disturbed athlete as determined by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) and the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS). Of secondary interest, this study will evaluate the osteopathic assessment findings of this population and side effects, positive and negative, associated with the osteopathic treatment provided. Primary Hypothesis Osteopathic treatment will have no effect on the symptoms of dizziness of the vestibular disturbed post concussed athlete using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory Osteopathic treatment will have no effect on the balance recovery of the vestibular disturbed post concussed athlete using Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) Secondary Hypothesis To determine the side effects of osteopathic treatment of the vestibular disturbed post concussed athlete

The purpose of this study is to determine whether vestibular exercises provide added benefit to balance rehabilitation in older adults with dizziness and normal vestibular function.

The diagnosis and management of acute vertigo and dizziness is most of the time an easy task for the general practitioner. However, following an acute vestibular disorder and very often with no any overt cause, a considerable number of patients complain on chronic dizziness and subjective disturbance of balance despite normal clinical and laboratory tests. Patients describe that perceptual visual stimulus provoke or aggravate their symptoms that are frequently accompanied by anxiety. These cases have been described in the medical literature as Phobic Postural Vertigo, Visual Vertigo, Chronic Subjective Dizziness and Motion and Space Discomfort (2,3,4,5). Treatment of these conditions includes physical therapy (similar to vestibular rehabilitation exercises) and anti-anxiety or anti-depressant agents such as benzodiazepines and SSRI, however, the effectiveness of these approaches is debatable. Because visual stimuli play a crucial role in space orientation and motion perception, it is reasonable to hypothesize that certain visual stabilizing signals applied on the peripheral visual field (that is involved mainly in the perception of motion) could be of help in patients suffering from dizziness. This is the rationale of a new technology (SMB- Senso Mental Balance Technology) developed to alleviate the feelings of dizziness. Trial is conducted in Meir Medical Center, Israel. Recruitment only in Israel!

This is a preliminary study to determine the reliability and validity of new tests of orientation and balance, as well as to test the effects of a new treatment for visually induced dizziness. Tests involve determining vertical alignment. The treatment is task-based and involves focusing attention on internal body sensations to help improve the sense of upright. Testing is done twice before and twice after treatment, which is provided twice-weekly during a three-week period between testing. The total time participants are involved in the study is approximately six weeks.

To observe the prevention and treatment effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) on postoperative dizziness in patients with hemifacial spasm undergoing microvascular decompression surgery, and its possible mechanisms.

People that have difficulty with balance, such as those with damage to their inner ear, have a higher risk of falling, which may lead to anxiety and reduced quality of life. Some individuals that have lost part of their sense of balance can learn to compensate using information from their vision, their sense of where their limbs are in space, and from other balance organs that are still intact. Our study aims to determine if virtual reality used together with information from footplate sensors can be used to train people with balance problems to compensate for their inner ear deficits.