The Prevalence of Semicircular Canal Dysfunction Among Rehabilitation Patients

Dizziness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Semicircular Canals Dysfunction Among Patients Hospitalized at the Rehabilitation Department

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04447066
• Other study ID #: 255-20
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: August 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
• Contact: Yahav Oron, MD
• Phone: +972-6973573
• Email: oron.yahav[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dizziness
• Vertigo

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention
No intervention - VHIT will be used but without intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) results	The results of the vHIT study in terms of gain and saccades	1 year