Temporomandibular Joint and Soft Tissue Mobilisation Techniques on Bening Paroxymal Vertigo

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University41 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study was to investigated effectiveness of temporamandibular joint and soft tissue mobilization on patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).

Aim: In this study was aimed to investigated effectiveness of temporamandibular joint and soft tissue mobilization on patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Material and Methods; Dix Hallpike maneuver was administered to all patients to confirm the diagnosis at the initial evaluation. If the Dix Hallpike test was positive, Epley maneuver was applied The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups as study group (n=) and control groups (n= ). Temporomandibular joint ve soft tissue techniques were applied 30 minutes once a week for 4 weeks by physiotherapist. Routin medication therapy was applied to control group. Both groups were asked to do the home exercise program twice a day consisting of vestibular exercise videos sent over whatss app. It was questioned with a phone call once a week whether the exercises were done or not. Patients were evaluated by Dizziness Disability Inventory (DHI) , Dizziness Assessment- Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Vertigo Symptom Scale-Short Form (VSS) , Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) , Vertigo Dizziness Imbalance Questionnaire (VDI) , Tinnitus Disability Scale (TDS), Romberg Posture Test , Tandem Posture Test, Semitandem Tandem Balance Test, Fonseca's Anamnestic Index (FAI) and amount of mouth opening was measured with goniometer before and after treatment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Soft Tissue Mobilisation Vestibular Exercises Physiotherapy Vertigo, Paroxysmal Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Interventions

Study GroupBEHAVIORAL

Study Group (n= 20) was recieved Temporomandibular joint ve soft tissue techniques. The techniques were applied 30 minutes once a week for 4 weeks by physiotherapist to the study group.

Control GroupOTHER

Routin medication therapy was applied to the control group. Both groups were asked to do the home exercise program twice a day consisting of vestibular exercise videos sent over whatss app. It was questioned with a phone call once a week whether the exercises were done or not.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being diagnosed with positional vertigo, * Being between the ages of 18-65 * Dix Halpike maneuver test (+), * Those who volunteered to participate in the study * Able to read and write. Exclusion Criteria: * Findings of acute or chronic infection at the end of ENT examination, * Considered to have a neurological pathology that causes dizziness, * Head trauma, history of surgical operation, * Having lower extremity pain that prevents standing and weight bearing, * Having a history or symptoms of vestibular system diseases other than BPPV, * Presence of sudden sensory hearing loss and chronic otitis media, * Pregnancy, * The presence of serious cognitive impairment detected by the physician at a level that prevents the tests from being performed, * Not having the mental level to understand and answer the survey questions, * Cervical pathologies that may cause dizziness.

Locations (1)

Alanyaaku

Antalya, Alanya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dizzness Severity

dizziness severity was determined by Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The patient is asked to evaluate between 0 and 10 points. A score of "0" means no dizziness, a score of "1-4" means mild dizziness, a score of "4-8" means moderate dizziness, and a score of "10" means unbearable dizziness

Time frame: Baseline - end of the treatment after 4 weeks session

Vertigo Symptom Scale- Shor Form

It is a 15-item scale that evaluates dizziness, feeling of imbalance, accompanying autonomic disorders and anxiety symptoms in the last 1 month.Each question has values between 0-4 points. The scores of all items will be added together and the total score will be between 0-60 points. High scores indicate serious problems. A total score of 12 points or more indicates a symptom of vertigo. It has 8 items related to vertigo and has a score between 0-32 points, it has 7 items that includes autonomic complaints and has a score of 0-28.

Time frame: Baseline - end of the treatment after 4 weeks session

Beck Anxiety Inventory

It were used for to evaluate of anxiety level because of the vertigo. It consists of 21 questions in total. 0 points: none, 1. point: mild 2. points: intermediate, 3. points: seriously scored. It was classified as mild anxiety symptoms between 8-15 points, moderate anxiety symptoms between 16-25 points, and severe anxiety symptoms between 26-63 points.

Time frame: Baseline - end of the treatment after 4 weeks session

Vertigo Dizziness Imbalance Questionnaire (VDI)

The Vertigo-Dizziness-Imbalance Questionnaire is a scale that evaluates the quality of the daily living activities of the problems that patients experience with vertigo and dizzines.Each question has a point value of "4" points if yes, "0" points if no, and sometimes "2" points. In the scoring, 28 points are the limit points for determining physical disability, 36 points for functional and sensory disability.

Time frame: Baseline - end of the treatment after 4 weeks session

Tinnitus Disability Scale

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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