The Effect of Physiotherapy on Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

NCT ID: NCT02016313

Last Updated: 2014-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether physiotherapy is effective in the treatment of a group of tinnitus patients with neck complaints.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tinnitus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Immediate therapy

Physiotherapy protocol

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

waiting list

Physiotherapy protocol

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus, which has been stable for at least three months, combined with neck complaints

Exclusion Criteria

* objective tinnitus
* subjective tinnitus with etiologies, such as hearing loss or Meniere's disease, severe depression (\> 19 on the Beck depression questionnaire)
* progressive middle ear pathology
* intracranial pathology
* traumatic cervical spine injury
* tumors
* cervical spine surgery
* any cervical spine condition in which physical therapy treatment is contra- indicated
* received physical therapy treatment directed to the cervical spine in the past 2 months
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Antwerp

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universiteit Antwerpen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sarah Michiels

Assistent Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Paul Van de Heyning, PhD, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Willem De Hertogh, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Locations

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University Hospital of Antwerp

Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Michiels S, Van de Heyning P, Truijen S, Hallemans A, De Hertogh W. Does multi-modal cervical physical therapy improve tinnitus in patients with cervicogenic somatic tinnitus? Man Ther. 2016 Dec;26:125-131. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 26.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27592038 (View on PubMed)

Michiels S, De Hertogh W, Truijen S, Van de Heyning P. Physical therapy treatment in patients suffering from cervicogenic somatic tinnitus: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Jul 22;15:297. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-297.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25056151 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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G850-tinnitus1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id