The Prevalence of Semicircular Canal Dysfunction Among Rehabilitation Patients

• Conditions: Dizziness; Vertigo
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04447066
• Lead Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Brief Summary

Patients hospitalized at the rehabilitation department at the hospital will fill a questionnaire regarding dizziness and ear diseases, and the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, and then will be examined by an ENT physician, followed by a video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-23
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-25
• Study Start: 2020-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-31
• Study Completion: 2021-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Over 65 years old
• Hospitalized at the rehabilitation department

Exclusion Criteria

• Blindness or loss of vision which is not corrected using glasses
• Past CVA with neurological remnants
• Movement disorder
• Lower body part weakness
• Limitation in neck movement
• Vestibular pathology diagnosed in the past 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients hospitalized at the rehabilitation department	No intervention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) results	1 year	The results of the vHIT study in terms of gain and saccades