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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2023 Nov-Dec;89(6):101321.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2023.101321. Epub 2023 Sep 11.

A new treatment for cervical dizziness

Cesar Bertoldo Garcia  1 , Nedison Gomes Paim Alves  2 , Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

A new treatment for cervical dizziness

Cesar Bertoldo Garcia et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: To verify the rates of heat effectiveness generated by Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) in the resolution of dizziness in individuals diagnosed with Cervical Dizziness (CD).

Methods: Randomized clinical trial was performed and samples from volunteers diagnosed with CD, divided into a Study Group (SG) and Control Group (CG). Patches containing CNT with thermotherapeutic effect were used in SG and inert patches in the CG. Treatment was performed over 30 days and measures of pain, dizziness and asymmetry of cervical muscle tension were evaluated over 60 days.

Results: Pain, dizziness and asymmetry of cervical muscle tension were reduced in the SG. The variables analyzed in this study did not change in the CG.

Conclusion: Our results show that the therapeutic effect of heat was effective in the treatment of patients diagnosed with CD. We could also observe a clear interrelationship between pain and dizziness symptoms with the asymmetry of cervical muscle tension.

Level of evidence: 1B.

Keywords: Dizziness; Neck pain; Proprioception; Thermic treatment; Vertigo.

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Figure 1
Progression of pain indices by VAS throughout the study, individualized for the SG (red line) and CG (blue line) by the LSM.
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Figure 2
Progression of dizziness indices by VAS throughout the study, individualized for the SG (red line) and the CG (blue line) by the LSM.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Progression of muscle tension asymmetry indices at zero, 15, 30, and 60 days in the SG (red line) and CG (blue line) by the Least Squares Mean (LSM).
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