Supervised physical therapy added to treatment for somatic tinnitus
Record details
- Authors: Eladl et al.
- Journal / source: Medicine (2022)
- Design: RCT: supervised physical therapy ADDED to photobiomodulation vs photobiomodulation alone
- Sample: 40
- Primary endpoint: Tinnitus severity
- Randomized: Yes · Sham/placebo-controlled: No · Independent of the manufacturer: Yes
What this research found
Adding a supervised physical-therapy program to photobiomodulation improved somatic tinnitus severity vs photobiomodulation alone (N=40). This tests PT as an ADD-ON, not standalone.
The '43% vs 12% decreased tinnitus after TMJ-disorder treatment' figure comes from Tullberg 2006 (separate study, cited in the treatment record), not this trial. Roughly 68–80% of tinnitus patients can modulate their tinnitus with jaw/head/neck maneuvers — the percept itself changes with the body.
Limitations and conflicts of interest
No large multicenter RCT yet; subtype definitions vary.
Funding / conflicts: Independent.
Corrections to this record
- 2026-09-04: Corrected: design was under-specified — this is an N=40 RCT of PT added to photobiomodulation (co-intervention previously hidden); the 43%-vs-12% figure re-attributed to Tullberg 2006.
Primary sources
Used as evidence for
This is an original summary from the Tinnitus Evidence verified database, checked against the primary source — not a reproduction of the publisher's abstract.