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Filter by:The purpose of investigation is to assess the levels of metabolic factors (hydroxyvitamin D, homocysteine) between patients with vestibular dysfunction of peripheral origin (BPPV) and central origin (vestibular migraine). Also we will analyse another factors (such as anxiety and depression) and optimize therapeuthical approach accordingly with the data.
Study background: Impaired heart rate recovery following active stand is associated with morbidity and mortality. Evidence for the repeatability of this measure is limited. This study seeks to determine the repeatability of the active stand procedure in eliciting heart rate recovery in healthy adults of all ages. Research aims: The aims of this study are to determine the repeatability of heart rate recovery in response to the active stand procedure among different age groups. Study design: This will be a repeatability study with between group comparison. Study setting: This study will take place in the Clinical Research Facility in St James's Hospital. Participants: Participants will be recruited from the staff and student population of Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital, from the Trinity Retirement Association and from the community in the St. James's Hospital catchment area. Participants will be healthy adults (over 18 years old). They will be invited to participate via an email and poster campaign. Participation will be fully voluntary. Participants who meet inclusion criteria will be selected. Informed, explicit voluntary consent will be obtained from each participant. Data collection and processing: Data collection and processing will be carried out by the Research Physiotherapist. A clinical visit for the participant will be arranged at a time most convenient for them. Participants will conduct the active stand assessment on three occasions.
The aim of the present study is to translate the Dizziness Handicap Inventory Scale into Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi and Balochi languages. Along with validation of the translated versions by evaluating their validity and reliability in the people of Pakistan, speaking respective languages and suffering from vertigo and dizziness. No such study has been previously conducted in the Pakistan region which translates the scale and follows the proper cross-culture adaptation.
Gaze stability exercise is a medical procedure for persons with unilateral vestibular disturbances such as vestibular neuritis or persons who have had tumors of their 8th nerve. They are a crucial part of the vestibular dysfunction rehabilitation protocols in health centers. These activities which involve turning one's eyes at different angles while having their eyes focused on an optotype are aimed at helping improve the vestibular ocular reflex (VOR), visual acuity during head movements and also reducing vertigo and dizziness. Study aim: This review will be establishing the effectiveness of applying gaze stability with balance exercises procedure among participants who are suffering vertigo due to vestibular neuritis. Methods: Twenty volunteers between the age of 25-59 years old, diagnosed, and confirmed to be suffering from vestibular neuritis and vertigo will be used in this study. Gaze stability exercises will be performed while patients are in a seated position. Each exercise will last for 30 seconds and be done in phases that included; eyeball movement, saccadic eye movement, pursuit eye movement, vergence eye movement, and vestibular-ocular reflex exercise. Balance exercises will be performed in a standing position including both static and dynamic training with or without closing eyes. The following outcome measures for each participant will be assessed pre-and post-treatment after completing four weeks of intervention. They include; Arabic version of Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (A-ABC scale), Arabic version of Dizziness Handicap Inventory (A-DHI), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL). The findings will then be subjected to statistical methods and data analysis using the SPSS toolkit. In this study we hypothesis that practicing gaze stability and balance exercises will have a positive influence on balance and activities of daily living among vestibular neuritis patients.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a previously FDA-approved medication that is known to help with allergy symptoms to see if it can decrease symptoms in patients with Meniere's Disease.
To evaluate the function of vestibular system in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media safe type.
This study aims to explore the possible association between dizziness and head-on trunk-movements and thus, neck movement and if this differs to healthy controls. Additional, the study will examine the reliability and validity of using wearable accelerometers to examine how the head moves relative to the trunk and to collect normative data on head on trunk movement.
This project is aimed at patients with dizziness believed to be due to conditions in the balance organ in the inner ear (vestibular diseases). Dizziness can be bothersome and influence postural control negatively, and can cause secondary musculoskeletal disorders. Dizziness can also result in reduced work capacity. The purpose of the project is to strengthen the knowledge base regarding symptom burden, prognosis and treatment of prolonged dizziness. The hypothesis is that musculoskeletal pain at baseline is a prognostic factor for prolonged dizziness.
To investigate the effect of vestibular rehabilitation, with or without medication, on resolving residual dizziness after successful repositioning maneuvers in patients with benign paroxysmal positional.
Testing for vestibular dysfunction often induces dizziness and nausea, to the point that testing cannot be completed. The investigators will use a "transcranial vibration system" that has shown promise in improving comfort during testing for vestibular disorders. The investigators hypothesize that with this "transcranial vibration system", the dizziness and nausea associated with caloric testing will be significantly reduced, while the clinical measures derived from the test will not be statistically significantly altered.