Osteopathic Manual Treatment of patients with Ear Noise originating in the head, mouth and neck
- Conditions
- Sensation DisordersTinnitus
- Registration Number
- RBR-3jxtfm8
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital das Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Patients must present uni or bilateral tinnitus for at least 6 months; both sexes; age group above 18 years; that present modulation, that is, perceive alteration in the psychoacoustic characteristics of tinnitus (intensity, frequency and/or location) to active and/or resisted maneuvers in one or more regions: cervical spine, upper limbs, temporal mandibular joint (TMJ) and eyes; as well as modulation of tinnitus by activating muscle trigger points.Other influencing factors are: recurrent headaches, neck or shoulder girdle pain; temporal coincidence in the onset or increase of tinnitus with musculoskeletal pain; handling teeth and head and neck trauma; tinnitus increase due to inadequate postures and/or bruxism for long periods; dysfunction and/or changes in the cervical spine associated with the symptom; patients with and without hearing loss will be included
Patients who underwent physiotherapeutic treatment and/or manual therapies to treat pain and tinnitus up to 3 months before the initial assessment; severe depression in use of medication; clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia; neurological diseases; and contraindications for physiotherapeutic treatment such as fractures, tumors and rheumatological diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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