2.1. Participants and methods
stroke, vertigo, dizziness, Subacute stroke, vestibular disorders
STROKE, VESTIBULAR DISORDER
The participants were recruited from Railway General Hospital, Rawalpindi, and Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, using convenience sampling methods. All of the participants were volunteers. Subacute stroke patients with a duration of 1 to 6 months, both male and female subacute stroke patients aged 40 to 70 years, patients with a positive head thrust test, and patients with vestibular disorders (dizziness, vertigo, 1–4 score on Modified Rankin score, Mini-Mental State Examination score > 25) were included; patients who presented with neurological conditions other than stroke and those unable to provide informed consent were excluded. The study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of Riphah International University Pakistan (Riphah/RCRAHS/REC/00830), and the trial was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04771169. Following an explanation of the research protocol, written informed consent forms were collected from the participants. This study followed the CONSORT 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting a randomized trial (available at 