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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BrainCare Medical Group

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8002

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University Hospital Zurich, Department of Neurology

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8006