Impairments and Personal Factors Associated With Activity and Participation in Vestibular Rehabilitation
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
- Conditions
- Vestibular Disorder
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Enrollment
- 67
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Late-life Function and Disability Instrument
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last month
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will examine whether impairments and personal factors are associated with activity and participation in people with vestibulopathy. Data collection will occur prior to starting vestibular rehabilitation and after completing vestibular rehabilitation.
Detailed Description
Adults aged 18-years and older with symptomatic complaints of dizziness and/or imbalance and a medical diagnosis of unilateral vestibular hypofunction will be recruited at the time of their entry into vestibular rehabilitation. The investigators will analyze what factors (impairments and personal factors) are related to activity and participation in people with vestibular disorders and see if change in activity and participation is related to recovery from vestibulopathy.
Investigators
Brooke Klatt
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •\- 18-years and older with symptomatic complaints of dizziness and/or imbalance and a medical diagnosis of unilateral vestibular hypofunction
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Cognition \<18 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
- •2\. Visual acuity worse than 20/40 with corrected lenses
- •3\. Loss of protective distal sensation (defined as the inability to feel a 4.31 size monofilament on the plantar surface of the foot)
- •4\. Inability to engage in community mobility
Arms & Interventions
Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation
All participants will receive standard vestibular rehabilitation
Intervention: Vestibular Rehabilitation
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Late-life Function and Disability Instrument
Time Frame: 8-weeks
Activity and Participation (raw 16-80; scale 0-100 min-max scores); higher is better
Dizziness Handicap Inventory
Time Frame: 8-weeks
Dizziness disability; 0-100 (min-max score); higher is greater disability.