Unlabelled: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the most common peripheral vestibular disorder, especially in the elderly and presents as the predominant etiology in this population of the degeneration of the utricular macula.
Aim: To compare the effectiveness of the approaches after Epley maneuver.
Study Design: longitudinal cohort.
Unlabelled: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is one of the most common causes of dizziness. Its characteristic clinical profile is dizziness at head movements. The main diagnostic maneuver of posterior canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the Dix-Hallpike test.
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April 2010
Unlabelled: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common causes of dizziness; it constitutes the most common vestibular disorder in the elderly with vertigo. Its characteristic clinical aspect is dizziness at head movement, with not hearing alteration.
Aim: This paper aims at studying the audiologic characteristics of elderly with BPPV of the posterior semicircular canal.