The Prevalence of Semicircular Canal Dysfunction Among Rehabilitation Patients

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center100 enrolled

Overview

Patients hospitalized at the rehabilitation department at the hospital will fill a questionnaire regarding dizziness and ear diseases, and the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, and then will be examined by an ENT physician, followed by a video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) study.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Vertigo Dizziness

Interventions

No interventionOTHER

No intervention - VHIT will be used but without intervention

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Over 65 years old * Hospitalized at the rehabilitation department Exclusion Criteria: * Blindness or loss of vision which is not corrected using glasses * Past CVA with neurological remnants * Movement disorder * Lower body part weakness * Limitation in neck movement * Vestibular pathology diagnosed in the past 6 months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) results

The results of the vHIT study in terms of gain and saccades

Time frame: 1 year

Central Contacts

Yahav Oron, MD

CONTACT

+972-6973573 oron.yahav@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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