NCT01529151

Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) in Individuals With Vertigo

Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) Alone or in Combination on Balance and Visual Function in Individuals With Vertigo and Somatic Dysfunction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Western University of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Western University of Health Sciences is seeking men and women to participate in a study on the effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) in patients with vertigo. The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of OMT in the treatment of individuals with vertigo, alone and in combination with Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT). Because of the health care costs associated with vertigo, the cost effectiveness of OMT and VRT will also be examined.

Conditions

• Vertigo
• Dizziness
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
• Labyrinthitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)	Direct action OMT procedures, including HVLA, involve the application of a force in the direction of restricted joint motion in order to resolve somatic dysfunction. Indirect techniques, including counterstrain, balanced ligamentous tension and myofascial release, entail applying a force away from the restrictive barrier of a joint or soft tissue structure.
OTHER	Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)	Participants categorized as having a peripheral motion hypersensitivity will receive habituation exercises that reproduce the provocative motion, seated and standing balance exercises with gaze stabilization, kinesthetic and proprioceptive retraining. Participants will be given a monthly exercise log at onset and will be asked to report exercise levels at subsequent follow up periods.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-08-01
• Completion: 2014-08-01
• First posted: 2012-02-08
• Last updated: 2015-06-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States