tDCS for phobic postural vertigo

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: F45.8
Other somatoform disorders

Registration Number: DRKS00011844

Lead Sponsor: Klinikum der Universität München, Campus Großhadern

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

patients (male/female) in Age 18-50. Secondary somatoform vertigo since <2 years with gait disturbance without objectively measurable or visible disturbance of gait and posture. Vertigo is described as dizziness with undulating incapability of gait and posture, fear attacks without dropping, partially described also as Body sway. Dizziness is modulated by the Situation. Vestibular diagnostics without pathology (calorics, head Impulse test, oculomotorics, subjetive visual vertical, Scanning Laser Ophtalmoskop , Video oculography), no pathology in posturography except for typical PPV pattern. No medication (e.g. selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitor).

Exclusion Criteria

Alcohol or drug abuse, pregnancy, other psychiatric disorder, post stroke, malignant diseases, electronic or metal implants.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
active Stimulation is superior to sham Stimulation in Terms of reduction of diziness and anxiety (questionnaires: DHI, BDI, HADS, WHOQoL) at the time Point of follow-up (3-4 weeks after Stimulation).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
active Stimulation is superior to sham Stimulation in Terms of reduction of posturography measures, VOG, SLO at the time Point of follow-up (3-4 weeks after Stimulation).