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Clinical Trials/NCT02016313
NCT02016313
Completed
Not Applicable

Evaluation of the Effect of Cervical Spine Treatment in Tinnitus Patients

Universiteit Antwerpen1 site in 1 country40 target enrollmentMay 2014
ConditionsTinnitus

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Tinnitus
Sponsor
Universiteit Antwerpen
Enrollment
40
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Change in Tinnitus Functional Index
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

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.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
May 2014
End Date
December 2014
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Crossover
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Sarah Michiels

Assistent Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy

Universiteit Antwerpen

Eligibility Criteria

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
  • 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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Tinnitus Functional Index

Time Frame: pre treatment, post treatment, 6 and 12 months follow up

Study Sites (1)

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