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Treatment of Apogeotropic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

NCT00810641 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 157

Last updated 2011-06-27

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate efficacies of each treatment maneuvers in treatment of apogeotropic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV).

Conditions

  • HC-BPPV

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Gufoni maneuver

For Gufoni maneuver,16,18 the patient was quickly brought down to the side-lying position on the affected ear from the sitting position. After one minute in this position, the head of the patient was quickly turned 45O upward, so that the nose directed upward. Approximately 2 minutes later, the patient was returned to the upright position (Figure 2A).

PROCEDURE

Head-shaking maneuver

For head-shaking maneuver,15 patients were brought into a sitting position. After pitching the head forward by approximately 30O, we moved the head sideways in a sinusoidal fashion at an approximate rate of 3 Hz for 15 seconds.

PROCEDURE

sham maneuver

For the sham maneuver, patients quickly lied on the unaffected side, and returned to the sitting position after one minute.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chonbuk National University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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