Status:
RECRUITING
Dizziness Due to Visual Stimuli in Patients With Concussion and Other Causes of Dizziness: Examination of Balance Behaviour
Lead Sponsor:
Dominik Straumann
Collaborating Sponsors:
University Hospital, Zürich
BrainCare Medical Group
Conditions:
Dizziness
Concussion (Diagnosis)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research project aims to measure how balance is affected by special visual stimulation. Dizziness caused by complex moving visual patterns, known as optokinetic stimulation, is usually called vis...
Detailed Description
Sport-related concussion (SRC) refers to traumatic head injuries caused by direct biomechanical forces to the head, neck or body during physical activity. Due to very heterogeneous clinical patterns i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 18 and 60 years
- Binocular vision
- Recent concussion/mTBI within 4 weeks to 18 months post-injury for concussed patients
- Diagnosis related to dizziness or VID within 4 weeks to 18 months for non-concussed dizzy patients (including vestibular migraine)
- Signed ICF for included participants or signed general consent for retrospectively included patients if an ICF cannot be obtained.
Exclusion
- BMI greater than 30
- Acute vestibular syndrome lasting at least 24 hours
- Severe non-correctable visual impairment
- Balance issues not dizziness-related, including:
- Neurological conditions (e.g., migraine)
- Orthopaedic conditions (e.g., lower extremity injury)
- Infectious diseases
- Other medical contexts
- Dizziness attributed to prescribed drugs, substance abuse, or mental disorders
- Cognitive impairments compromising task comprehension
- Preceding history of traumatic brain injury in the last 12 months
- History of severe traumatic brain injury with persisting impairments
- Other potentially confounding problems (e.g., psychiatric disease)
- Frequent episodes of rotatory vertigo
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 14 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 31 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
240 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06893029
Start Date
May 14 2025
End Date
October 31 2027
Last Update
September 19 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
BrainCare Medical Group
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8002
2
University Hospital Zurich, Department of Neurology
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8006