Dizziness, Stroke
Conditions
Keywords
Stroke, Dizziness, Vestibular rehabiliation, Balance
Brief summary
Recently, the investigators has shown that dizziness is common among patients with first time stroke and that it affects self perceived health. There are indications that vestibular rehabilitation can have effect of neurological causes of dizziness and vertigo and it therefore seems important to find out if vestibular rehabilitation can affect dizziness among patients with stroke. The aim of this study is to find out if vestibular rehabilitation can have any effect on function, balance and self-rated health among patients with first time stroke.
Interventions
OTHERVestibular rehabilitation
Usual rehabilitation and four different vestibular rehabilitation exercises, adapted to the individual patient
Sponsors
Region Skåne, Primary health care, Sweden
Lund University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
• First time stroke with dizziness -
Exclusion criteria
* Not first time stroke * No dizziness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale | Change between baseline and three months after baseline | Questionnaire. The ABC-scale has proven to be able to identify the influence that vestibular dysfunction can have on daily activities. |
| EuroQol 5D | Change between baseline and three months after baseline | Questionnaire. EQ5D consists of a descriptive system comprising five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has three levels: no problems, some problems, severe problems. The patient indicates his/her state by marking the most appropriate statement. This result in a 1-digit number and the digits for the five dimensions can be combined in a five-digit number, generating 243 possible combinations of response.The EQ5D also consist of the EQ VAS where the patients' record self-rated health on a vertical, visual analogue scale where the individual points can be used as a quantitative measure with zero as worst rated health and 100 as best rated health |
| The Berg Balance Scale | Change between baseline and three months after baseline | Balance measures |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed