Marcel Fraix, Sondos Badran, Victoria Graham, Donna Redman-Bentley, Eric L Hurwitz, Valerie L Quan, Michelle Yim, Mary Hudson-McKinney, Michael A Seffinger
CONTEXT: There is a paucity of research assessing the efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in patients with vertigo. OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of conducting a randomized, controlled trial comparing OMT and vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT), alone or in combination, in patients with vertigo and somatic dysfunction. METHODS: Volunteers with vertigo who were also diagnosed with somatic dysfunction (SD) were prospectively enrolled in a blinded, randomized, controlled cohort comparative effectiveness study and assigned to 1 of 4 groups: OMT alone, VRT alone, a combination of OMT and VRT (OMT/VRT), or a nonintervention control group...
January 1, 2021: Journal of osteopathic medicine