NCT05554770

Prevalence of Positional Nystagmus in a Population of Healthy Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 78 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aalborg University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To investigate the prevalence of positional nystagmus in a population of healthy Danish adults.

Detailed description

Open-label, cross-sectional prospective study examining the prevalence of positional nystagmus in healthy adults (adult with no previous or current inner ear disease) using a mechanical repositioning chair (TRV-chair, Interacoustics, Middelfart, Denmark). Patients will undergo traditional testing related to positional nystagmus by means of both the Dix-Hallpike test and Supine Roll Test (SRT) bilaterally. Latency, duration, and slow phase velocities will be registered and examiner as well as order of the positional tests performed with the TRV chair will be block randomized.

Conditions

• Positional Nystagmus
• Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Examinations in a TRV chair	Positional tests (Dix-Hallpike and SRT) traditionally used to diagnose BPPV uwith a TRV chair.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-06
• Primary completion: 2023-01-01
• Completion: 2023-01-01
• First posted: 2022-09-26
• Last updated: 2023-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark