The study is planned with power of 80%. A total of 118 adult patients with subjective tinnitus are divided into two groups: Kinesiotherapy group (n=59) and Waiting list group (n=59).Kinesiotherapy group receives a complex set of cervical spine exercises and neck massage for consecutive 10 working days (entire treatment takes two weeks). Each visit lasts around 30 minutes. Patients from kinesiotherapy group will fill the outcome measures on the following time points: (a) Time point 0 - baseline (b) Time point 1- Two weeks after the baseline~(c) Time point 2- Four weeks after the baseline. Individuals from waiting list group are enrolled on a waiting list and do not receive any treatment. They undergo assessment at three time points corresponding to Kinesiotherapy group i.e Time point 0, Time point 1 and Time point 2.~.
The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of cervical spine kinesiotherapy and massage in tinnitus treatment. Furthermore, we investigate if there is a link between cervical spine range of motion and cervical muscles tension and tinnitus.