Vestibular System in Migrainous Vertigo Patients

N/AUnknownNCT00901953

University of Bergen65 enrolled

Overview

Do migrainous vertigo patients have more pathology in their vestibular system than migraine patients without vertigo? The aim of this study is to compare the vestibular system of migraine patients with and without vertigo in the symptom-free period by vestibular function tests, videonystagmography, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and subjective visual vertical.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Migraine Disorders Migraine Variant Episodic Recurrent Vertigo

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 61 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * migraine according to IHS criteria * migrainous vertigo according to the Neuhauser-criteria Exclusion Criteria: * no history of other neurological, vestibular, opthalmologic and ENT disorders * no medications that could possibly influence test results * intact hearing measured by audiometry * pregnancy

Locations (1)

Dept. of neurology, Sørlandet Hospital HF

Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Differences in vestibular function

Time frame: Symptomfree interval

Secondary Outcomes

Differences in hypersensitivity

Time frame: Symptomfree interval

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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