StableEyes With Active Neurofeedback

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21-70
SponsorJohns Hopkins University

About this trial

The investigators have developed a self-administered rehabilitation tool that incrementally guides the user to increase head motion to mitigate motion sickness and enhance postural recovery following centrifugation or unilateral vestibular nerve deafferentation surgery.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Provision of signed and dated informed consent form

Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study

In good general health as evidenced by medical history or diagnosed with unilateral vestibular schwannoma

Willing to adhere to the SWAN and/or vestibular rehabilitation regimen

Disqualifiers

Current use of anti-nausea medication

Presence of cervical spine pathology that limits head motion to < 30 degrees in the horizontal or vertical plane (i.e. degenerative disc disease, rheumatoid arthritis)

Any orthopedic pathology that prevents walking or standing independently (i.e. recent surgery)

Legal blindness (20/200 or worse visual acuity)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Traditional Therapy
  • SWAN

Treatment groups

48 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Johns Hopkins University

Lead sponsor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collaborator