NCT04696588

Neck Kinesiotherapy and Massage in Tinnitus Treatment

Physiotherapy Methods in Tinnitus Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Lodz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of cervical spine kinesiotherapy and massage in tinnitus treatment. Furthermore, we investigate if there is a link between cervical spine range of motion and cervical muscles tension and tinnitus.

Detailed description

The study is planned with power of 80%. A total of 118 adult patients with subjective tinnitus are divided into two groups: Kinesiotherapy group (n=59) and Waiting list group (n=59).Kinesiotherapy group receives a complex set of cervical spine exercises and neck massage for consecutive 10 working days (entire treatment takes two weeks). Each visit lasts around 30 minutes. Patients from kinesiotherapy group will fill the outcome measures on the following time points: (a) Time point 0 - baseline (b) Time point 1- Two weeks after the baseline (c) Time point 2- Four weeks after the baseline. Individuals from waiting list group are enrolled on a waiting list and do not receive any treatment. They undergo assessment at three time points corresponding to Kinesiotherapy group i.e Time point 0, Time point 1 and Time point 2. .

Conditions

• Subjective Tinnitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Complex set of kinesiotherapy of cervical spine and delicate massage	Intervention:- A complex neck therapy.Treatment comprises 10 sessions performed on consecutive working days, includes four parts. 1. Active exercises of the neck, 5 minutes, first demonstrated by the physiotherapist and next the patient performs them under supervision, 5 repetitions of each of the following: cervical flexion, rotation to the left and to the right, side bending to the left and to the right, torsion to left and right. 2. Massage of cervical interspinales muscles performed by therapist 3 minutes. 3. Post Isometric Relaxation (PIR) performed by physiotherapist. 15 minutes. 4. Active neck exercises - the same as mentioned in step 1. 5 minutes. Total duration of one treatment session is around 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-01
• Primary completion: 2020-02-27
• Completion: 2020-03-28
• First posted: 2021-01-06
• Last updated: 2021-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland