Effect of Physical Therapy Exercise Program and Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Treatment of Cervicogenic Somatosensory Tinnitus

NCT ID: NCT04641156

Last Updated: 2022-02-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-12-10
• Study Completion Date: 2019-04-01

Brief Summary

To determine the effectiveness of adding a physical therapy exercise program to low-level laser therapy on the treatment of chronic tinnitus treatment

Conditions

Tinnitus, Subjective

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Low level LASER Therapy

Subjects in this group received low-level laser therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise Therapy program added to laser therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

a supervised physical therapy exercise program for the neck muscles in the form of manual mobilizations for sternocleidomastoid muscle and upper fibers of trapezius in addition to myofascial trigger point release

Exercise group

Subjects in this group received additional planned exercise therapy program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise Therapy program added to laser therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

a supervised physical therapy exercise program for the neck muscles in the form of manual mobilizations for sternocleidomastoid muscle and upper fibers of trapezius in addition to myofascial trigger point release

Interventions

Exercise Therapy program added to laser therapy

a supervised physical therapy exercise program for the neck muscles in the form of manual mobilizations for sternocleidomastoid muscle and upper fibers of trapezius in addition to myofascial trigger point release

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ranged from 45 to 55 years old both sex
• Unilateral tinnitus
• Stable tinnitus for at least 3 months
• suffering from severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus (CST)

Exclusion Criteria

• tinnitus with clear ontological etiologies as perforation of the tympanic membrane
• external otitis media
• conductive hearing loss
• patients with a traumatic cervical spine injury, tumors
• Any history of exposure to ototoxic drugs/substances
• psychotic disorders with auditory hallucination

• Minimum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Marwa Eid

Professor of physical therapy for surgery

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Marwa Eid

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

6688

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id