Stopped: This registration has moved to a local ICTRP (CRIS; https://cris.nih.go.kr, KCT0002565).
South Korea0Started 2018-03-01
Plain-language summary
This is a prospective, pragmatic, assessor-blind, randomized controlled trial to explore the effectiveness of an adjuvant Chuna manual therapy (CMT) for cervicogenic dizziness of Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) ≥ 16 at baseline. Participants will be randomized and allocated to either CMT combined with usual care (UC) group or UC group with 1:1 ratio. They will receive 12 sessions of CMT or UC treatment for 6 weeks. UC consists of physical therapy and patients education.
Who can participate
Age range20 Years – 70 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* male or female aged between 20 and 70
* neck pain and/or stiffness with dizziness, which is related to movement or positioning of cervical spine
* recurring symptom of dizziness over 1 month or more
* Dizziness Handicap Inventory ≥ 16 at baseline
* Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* dizziness induced by vestibular disorders (e.g., benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, peripheral vestibulopathy, Meniere disease, vestibular neuronitis)
* dizziness induced by central nervous system (CNS) disorders (e.g., cerebellar ataxia,cerebellum infarction/hemorrhage, demyelination, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, seizure, increased intracranial pressure, Parkinson's disease, migraines)
* dizziness induced by cardiovascular disorders (e.g., arrhythmia, heart valvular disease, anemia, orthostatic hypotension, coronary artery disease)
* dizziness induced by active or uncontrolled disease (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, hypertension, respiratory or endocrinological disorders)
* dizziness induced by side effects of medications
* severe chronic or terminal diseases (malignant cancer, tuberculosis, etc.)
* chronic psychiatric diseases under treatment (epilepsy, depression, panic disorder, etc.)
* conditions where CMT are forbidden (spinal tumor, acute fracture, infectious spondylopathy, congenital malformations of spine, operation history of spine within 3 months, progressive neurological damage, severe neurological symptoms, spinal fixation devices, syringomyeli…
What they're measuring
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Change from baseline Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) score at week 6