Affiliation:
1. Doctor in Medicine and Health Science - UEL. Researcher Professor.
2. Master in Phonoaudiology – PUC – São Paulo Researcher Professor.
3. Graduated in Phonoaudiology from Norte do Paraná University, UNOPAR. Clinical Phonoaudiology.
Abstract
Summary
Introduction: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is probably the most common cause of vertigo in women.
Objective: To report the result of Epley's maneuver when treating BPPV patients.
Method: Study of a series of 9-month-long cases of five female individuals aged between 46 and 64 with BPPV, who were submitted to Epley's maneuver at a scholar clinics, having the positive Dix-Hallpike maneuver at the first consultation as an inclusion criterion, and evaluations were repeated in a six and nine-month term.
Results: Only one Epley's maneuver, as the only therapeutic procedure, was enough to eliminate nystagmus and positional vertigo in 4 patients, who did not show a positive Dix-Hallpike maneuver in the two reevaluations performed. Only one patient showed BPPV in the first reevaluation of the study term, and nystagmus reoccurred in the second evaluation only.
Conclusion: Epley's repositioning maneuver proved to be a simple and effective BPPV treatment method for this study's patients at length.
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