NCT02048670

Pilot Project on External Vestibular Prosthesis in Chronic Subjective Dizziness

A Pilot Project to Investigate the Use of an External Vestibular Prosthesis Potential to Improve Clinical Management of Chronic Subjective Dizziness (CSD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Researchers are gathering information on the safety and effectiveness of a new device called the BalanceBelt.

Detailed description

Ten consecutive subjects, ages 25-70 years, diagnosed with Chronic Subjective Dizziness (CDS) and ten healthy age and gender matched subjects will be asked to perform tests involving walking and balance while wearing the BalanceBelt. The BalanceBelt is a lightweight belt that will be worn under the clothes around the subjects waist and uses sensitive motion detectors and vibrates against the skin at four locations to provide information about posture and motion.

Conditions

• Dizziness Chronic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Balance Belt	Vestibular habituation therapy worn under the clothes around the waist that uses sensitive motion detectors and vibrates against the skin at four locations to provide information about posture and gait

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2014-01-29
• Last updated: 2019-05-15
• Results posted: 2019-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States