Single Treatment Approaches to Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood: A review of the literature

“…However, some researchers dispute the notion of BPPV in children, claiming that it has not been reported in children under the age of 11 (21), and that episodic vertigo in children is most likely related to migraine and should be treated as a migrainous disorder (12,21,22), or considered a complex (a combination of BPPV and migraine) (23).…”

É importante restringir a movimentação cefálica após a manobra de Epley?

“…One of the main and most used therapeutic options for BPPV consists of mechanical maneuvers of vestibular rehabilitation. Among them, Epley maneuver, described in 1992, is considered popular and presents clinical improvement therapeutic index [9][10][11][12][15][16][17] .…”

“…One of the main and most used therapeutic options for BPPV consists of mechanical maneuver for vestibular rehabilitation, which through a sequence of head movements, aim at repositioning the statoconia back to the utriculus [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . Among them, Epley maneuver, described in 1992, presents excellent therapeutic indexes of clinical improvement [9][10][11][12][15][16][17] .…”

“…Among them, Epley maneuver, described in 1992, presents excellent therapeutic indexes of clinical improvement [9][10][11][12][15][16][17] .…”

“…The patient is instructed to avoid head and trunk movement, using a neck collar and sleeping in semi-seated position, with the head inclined at 45o from the horizontal plan for two days. In the 5 subsequent days, the patient is instructed to avoid sleeping over the affected ear 9,10,12,15,17 .…”