Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in the Elderly with an Increased Risk of Fall Incidents
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo/Positional Dizziness10022396
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON46283
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 288
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients, understanding of the Dutch language, aged 65 years or older, referred to the geriatrics with an increased risk for falling according to the Fall-Risk Questionnaire (FRQ)
Exclusion Criteria
Active additional neuro-otologic disorders that may mimic BPPV (e.g. vestibular migraine, recurrent vestibulopathy, Ménière*s disease, vertebro-basilair TIAs, acoustic neuroma), severe disability (e.g. neurological, orthopedic, cardiovascular) or serious concurrent illness that might interfere with diagnostic or repositioning manoeuvres.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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