The Dix-Hallpike and Modified Epley Manoeuvres in the diagnosis and management of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

Abstract

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common balance disorders and one of the easiest to diagnose and treat. It is characterised by short lived episodes of vertigo and geotropic rotatory nystagmus, which occur a few seconds after rapid changes in head position. The vertigo usually lasts no more than a minute and the symptoms reduce in severity with repetitions of the evoking movement.