Vestibular Treatment in Adolescents Following Sport Related Concussion
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - 18 |
| Updated: | 1/10/2019 |
| Start Date: | October 18, 2018 |
| End Date: | June 15, 2019 |
| Contact: | Anthony P Kontos, PhD |
| Email: | akontos@pitt.edu |
| Phone: | 412-432-3725 |
RCT of Vestibular Treatment in Adolescents Following Sport Related Concussion
Each year, nearly 2 million children and adolescents have a sport-related concussion (SRC) in
the U.S., but 57% of them do not receive appropriate clinical care following their injury.
These injuries involve a wide range of symptoms including headache, dizziness, and sleep
problems; and cognitive, emotional, visual, and vestibular impairment. The investigators have
developed a clinical treatment model for SRC that addresses the heterogeneity of this injury
using different clinical subtypes or profiles that inform precision interventions. To date,
the investigators have identified cognitive, anxiety/mood, post-traumatic migraine, cervical,
oculomotor, and vestibular clinical profiles. Patients with vestibular clinical profiles-
involving dizziness, environmental sensitivity, and imbalance- are common (60-65% of
concussions), and have worse outcomes and longer recovery following SRC. Consequently, the
investigators have developed and applied precision vestibular treatments that can be matched
to specific impairments and symptoms to actively treat patients with vestibular clinic
profiles.
the U.S., but 57% of them do not receive appropriate clinical care following their injury.
These injuries involve a wide range of symptoms including headache, dizziness, and sleep
problems; and cognitive, emotional, visual, and vestibular impairment. The investigators have
developed a clinical treatment model for SRC that addresses the heterogeneity of this injury
using different clinical subtypes or profiles that inform precision interventions. To date,
the investigators have identified cognitive, anxiety/mood, post-traumatic migraine, cervical,
oculomotor, and vestibular clinical profiles. Patients with vestibular clinical profiles-
involving dizziness, environmental sensitivity, and imbalance- are common (60-65% of
concussions), and have worse outcomes and longer recovery following SRC. Consequently, the
investigators have developed and applied precision vestibular treatments that can be matched
to specific impairments and symptoms to actively treat patients with vestibular clinic
profiles.
To determine using a RCT design the effectiveness of standard of care behavioral management
(i.e., sleep, walking, nutrition, stress management) to standard of care behavioral
management (i.e., sleep, walking, nutrition, stress management) (STANDARD OF CARE) plus
vestibular exercises (i.e., balance, eye-head movements, and dynamic walking exercises)
(VESTIBULAR) for reducing recovery time, symptoms, and vestibular (balance, eye-head
movements) and cognitive (e.g., memory, processing speed) impairment in adolescent patients
with vestibular clinical profiles following sport--related concussion (SRC).
(i.e., sleep, walking, nutrition, stress management) to standard of care behavioral
management (i.e., sleep, walking, nutrition, stress management) (STANDARD OF CARE) plus
vestibular exercises (i.e., balance, eye-head movements, and dynamic walking exercises)
(VESTIBULAR) for reducing recovery time, symptoms, and vestibular (balance, eye-head
movements) and cognitive (e.g., memory, processing speed) impairment in adolescent patients
with vestibular clinical profiles following sport--related concussion (SRC).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be 12-18 years of age.
- Must be diagnosed with a sport-related concussion within the last 3-10 days.
- Must be identified by UPMC Sports Medicine clinicians as having clinical presentation
of a vestibular profile of concussion.
- Must report an increase of +2 of symptom provocation on VOMS (from baseline symptom
report) on either VOR or VMS measurements during VOMS assessment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- More than 3 concussions including presenting injury;
- Current history or pre-existing vestibular disorder;
- Current orthopaedic injury;
- History of brain surgery or TBI (based on Glasgow Coma Scale of <13);
- History of substance abuse;
- History of neurological disorder (seizure disorder, epilepsy, brain tumors or
malformations);
- Current concussion is non-sport related.
The above exclusion factors are known to influence recovery and thus if any one exclusion
criterion is met, the athlete will be unable to participate in the current study.
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