NCT00702832.

Trial name or title	Effects of vestibular rehabilitation in the treatment of patients with acute vestibular loss ‐ a randomised controlled trial
Methods	RCT
Participants	Patients aged 18 to 70 years with acute symptoms of dizziness (vestibular injury) diagnosed by videonystagmography; inclusion within 1 week after symptom onset Exclusion criteria: chronic dizziness; psychiatric diagnosis that might interfere with participation
Interventions	Group 1: vestibular rehabilitation (daily home training (4 to 6 specific exercises) 2 to 3 times per day; group training led by a physiotherapist twice per week during the first 10 weeks and once per week from 10 weeks to 12 months or until symptoms are cured) Group 2: no intervention
Outcomes	Primary outcome measure: Vertigo Symptom Scale Secondary outcome measures: Dizziness Handicap Inventory; UCLA‐DQ; HADS; VAS on dizziness; registration of provoked dizziness; accelerometer; sick leave; adverse effects
Starting date	January 2008
Contact information	Dr Siv Mørkved, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Notes	Recruitment complete and publication in preparation

HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
 RCT: randomised controlled trial
 UCLA‐DQ: University of California Los Angeles Dizziness Questionnaire
 VAS: visual analogue scale
 VR: vestibular rehabilitation