Effect of Physical Therapy Exercise Program and Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Treatment of Cervicogenic Somatosensory Tinnitus
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Tinnitus, Subjective
- Registration Number
- NCT04641156
- Lead Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Brief Summary
To determine the effectiveness of adding a physical therapy exercise program to low-level laser therapy on the treatment of chronic tinnitus treatment
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
- Age ranged from 45 to 55 years old both sex
- Unilateral tinnitus
- Stable tinnitus for at least 3 months
- suffering from severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus (CST)
Exclusion Criteria
- tinnitus with clear ontological etiologies as perforation of the tympanic membrane
- external otitis media
- conductive hearing loss
- patients with a traumatic cervical spine injury, tumors
- Any history of exposure to ototoxic drugs/substances
- psychotic disorders with auditory hallucination
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS 8 weeks Numerical estimates of tinnitus severity before and after treatment for both groups
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Marwa Eid
🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt
Marwa Eid🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt