Vestibular Intervention Via Portable Electrical Stimulator (VIPES)

Mayo Clinic23 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to develop a vestibular interventional approach using stochastic vestibular stimulation (SVS) through a small, lightweight device, and a comfortable electrode set on the back of the head that stimulates the vestibular system and produces immediate improvements in balance, gait, and overall vestibular function for patients will balance disorder.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Balance Disorder

Interventions

Vestibular Intervention via Portable Electrical Stimulator (VIPES) systemDEVICE

A small, lightweight device able to deliver stochastic vestibular stimulation (SVS) using a comfortable electrode set on the back of the head as well as other proven modes of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) related vestibular correction when required to mitigate motion sickness or provide auxiliary vestibular cueing.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be able to consent to participate themselves. * Must be able to attend in-person sessions at the Mayo Aerospace Medicine and - Vestibular Research Laboratory in Scottsdale, AZ. * No racial/ethnic groups will be excluded. * All participants must be fluent speakers of English. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of peripheral vestibulopathy (cleared by Dix-Hallpike, vHIT as part of clinical evaluation). * Women who are pregnant. * Inability to complete testing (e.g., severe symptom burden, inability to stand unassisted).

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Balance Performance

Change in balance performance during balance testing by measuring the center of gravity sway (degrees per second) across tested levels of GVR amplitude and control condition.

Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 1.5 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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