Can a smartphone app steady your balance after a concussion?
NCT ID NCT06222450
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app can help adults with dizziness after a mild traumatic brain injury. 68 participants will either do standard home exercises or use a gamified app version. The goal is to see if the app leads to greater improvement in dizziness and balance after 4 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) delivered via a mobile app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more convenient and engaging way to reduce dizziness after a mild concussion.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (68 participants) comparing two forms of the same therapy, so any advantage may be modest or not generalizable.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 68 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * at least 18 years of age, * diagnosis of mTBI, * documented dizziness (total DHI score ≥ 16) and/or imbalance (total functional gait assessment score \< 23/30 or \< age-referenced norms) Exclusion Criteria: * severe neurological disease (e.g., Parkinson's disease, neuropathy), * moderate to severe cognitive impairment (\< 23/30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment), * significant orthopedic issues that would impact mobility or ability to perform gaze stabilization exercises (e.g., significant cervical dysfunction or pain), * vision impairment (best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/40 in the better eye), and * severe depression/anxiety (≥ 9 on the 4-item Patient health Questionnaire)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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James A Haley VA Hospital
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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James H Quillen VAMC
RECRUITINGMountain Home, Tennessee, 37684, United States
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