NCT06563076

Effectiveness of Vestibular Electrical Stimulation in Vestibular Rehabilitation

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Vestibular Electrical Stimulation in Vestibular Rehabilitation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the vestibular rehabilitation program applied to patients with chronic unilateral vestibular hypofunction and the vestibular electrical stimulation applied to the trapezius muscles and cervical paravertebral muscles along with the rehabilitation program.

Detailed description

This study included 40 patients with unilateral vestibular hypofunction findings, aged between 18 and 65, and whose unilateral vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain for any semicircular canal was below 0.7 based on the video head impulse test (vHIT) test, were randomized into two groups. While one group underwent a supervised vestibular rehabilitation program for 4 weeks, the other group received 80 Hz high frequency transcutaneous vestibular electrical stimulation (VES) in addition to the supervised vestibular rehabilitation program. The treatment was applied to each group, 3 days a week, for a total of 12 sessions. Detailed musculoskeletal system examinations and vestibular system examinations of the included patients were performed, and sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, body mass index (BMI), education level) were recorded. Both groups were tested before treatment and at the end of the 4th week, Dizziness Disability Inventory (DHI), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), Activity-Specific Balance and Confidence Scale (ABCs), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Static Posturography.

Conditions

• Vestibular Diseases
• Vestibular Disorder
• Vestibular Vertigo

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Vestibular Rehabilitation	supervised vestibular rehabilitation program
OTHER	Vestibular Electrical Stimulation	80 Hz high frequency transcutaneous vestibular electrical stimulation (VES)

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2024-01-01
• Completion: 2024-01-01
• First posted: 2024-08-20
• Last updated: 2024-08-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)