Clinical practice guideline: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Objectives: This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on managing benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), which is the most common vestibular disorder in adults, with a lifetime prevalence of 2.4 percent. The guideline targets patients aged 18 years or older with a potential diagnosis of BPPV, evaluated in any setting in which an adult with BPPV would be identified, monitored, or managed.

Insomnia in a post-acute brain injury sample.

Objective: The purpose was to establish the frequency of insomnia within the post-acute TBI population and compare it with insomnia rates among other rehabilitation outpatients.

Design: A prospective study was undertaken of 50 consecutive post-acute TBI admissions and a comparison group of 50 rehabilitation outpatients evenly divided between spinal cord injury (SCI) and musculoskeletal (MSK) cases.

Setting: Subjects were recruited at various outpatient clinics of a major rehabilitation hospital.