The Effect of Physiotherapy on Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

Evaluation of the Effect of Cervical Spine Treatment in Tinnitus Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02016313

Enrollment

Registered

2013-12-19

Start date

2014-05-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2014-12-04

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Conditions

Tinnitus

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether physiotherapy is effective in the treatment of a group of tinnitus patients with neck complaints.

Interventions

OTHERphysiotherapy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus, which has been stable for at least three months, combined with neck complaints

Exclusion criteria

* objective tinnitus * subjective tinnitus with etiologies, such as hearing loss or Meniere's disease, severe depression (\> 19 on the Beck depression questionnaire) * progressive middle ear pathology * intracranial pathology * traumatic cervical spine injury * tumors * cervical spine surgery * any cervical spine condition in which physical therapy treatment is contra- indicated * received physical therapy treatment directed to the cervical spine in the past 2 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in Tinnitus Functional Index	pre treatment, post treatment, 6 and 12 months follow up

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026