The Effect of Physiotherapy on Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tinnitus
• Interventions: Other: physiotherapy

• Registration Number: NCT02016313
• Lead Sponsor: Universiteit Antwerpen

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether physiotherapy is effective in the treatment of a group of tinnitus patients with neck complaints.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-12-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2013-12-19
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-08
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-03
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus, which has been stable for at least three months, combined with neck complaints

Exclusion Criteria

• objective tinnitus
• subjective tinnitus with etiologies, such as hearing loss or Meniere's disease, severe depression (> 19 on the Beck depression questionnaire)
• progressive middle ear pathology
• intracranial pathology
• traumatic cervical spine injury
• tumors
• cervical spine surgery
• any cervical spine condition in which physical therapy treatment is contra- indicated
• received physical therapy treatment directed to the cervical spine in the past 2 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
waiting list	physiotherapy	Physiotherapy protocol
Immediate therapy	physiotherapy	Physiotherapy protocol

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Tinnitus Functional Index	pre treatment, post treatment, 6 and 12 months follow up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital of Antwerp; 🇧🇪 Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium