Vestibular System in Migrainous Vertigo Patients

Do Migrainous Vertigo Patients Have More Hypersensitivity in Their Vestibular System Than Migraine Patients Without Vertigo?

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00901953

Enrollment

Registered

2009-05-14

Start date

2007-05-31

Completion date

2009-09-30

Last updated

2009-05-15

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Conditions

Episodic Recurrent Vertigo, Migraine Disorders, Migraine Variant

Keywords

migraine, migrainous vertigo, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, vestibular function test, vestibular disorders

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 61 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Differences in vestibular function	Symptomfree interval

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Differences in hypersensitivity	Symptomfree interval

Countries

Norway

Outcome results