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Unravelling Risk Factors for Chronic Dizziness in Patients After an Acute Unilateral Vestibular Deafferentiation.

NCT04979598 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 103

Last updated 2024-12-05

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Summary

In many patients with an acute unilateral vestibular deafferentiation (uVD) syndrome symptoms are expected to resolve spontaneously because of central compensation. However, more detailed observations have revealed that 29-66 % of uVD patients develop disabling chronic dizziness lasting \>1 year after the acute event. Identifying predictors of chronic dizziness would allow patients at high risk to be targeted with personalized therapies to reduce healthcare costs. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to identify predictors of chronic dizziness after an acute uVD. Despite the consensus on the usefulness of physical therapy, incorporation of physical therapy programs in daily management of patients after acute uVD remains troublesome. Therefore, the first objective is to study the effect of the actual level of physical activity in the acute stage on long term (LT) outcome. Recent data show that LT prognosis is more linked to anxiety and somatization traits than to objective vestibular findings. Therefore, the second objective is to study the effect of activities avoidance behavior on LT outcome. As stated above it is questioned whether objective vestibular findings can predict chronicity. However recently the Perez and Rey(PR) score was developed. Therefore, the third objective is to study the effect of early central vestibular compensation as measured by the PR score on LT outcome. In patients with poor central vestibular compensation the remaining sensory cues will need to compensate for the loss of vestibular information. Patients using a visual compensation strategy can become dependent of stable visual cues. Therefore, the fourth objective is to study the effect of visual motion sensitivity on LT outcome. A 2-year prospective cohort study will be performed to study aforementioned risk factors for chronic dizziness. Up to 200 consecutive patients with an acute uVD will be included. Chronic dizziness is indicated by a score \>30 on the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (primary outcome) after 6 months. Possible risk factors will be evaluated by using MOX1-activity loggers (objective 1), the Vestibular Activities Avoidance Inventory (objective 2), video Head Impulse Testing including the Perez \& Rey score (objective 3), Subjective Visual Vertical test and Rod \& Disc test (objective 4). Measurements will be taken in the acute phase and 4, 10, 26 and 52 weeks after the acute event.

Conditions

  • Acute Unilateral Vestibular Deafferentiation

Interventions

OTHER

Home exercise program

A home exercise program is provided but this is an observational study. The effect of the exercise program is not under investigation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universiteit Antwerpen

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-03
Primary Completion
2024-10-30
Completion
2024-11-01

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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