Efficacy of the Epley maneuver for posterior canal BPPV: a long-term, controlled study of 81 patients. Export

@article{citeulike:270597, abstract = {We assessed the efficacy of the Epley maneuver (canalith repositioning) in a study of 81 patients with posterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). A group of 61 patients underwent the maneuver, while a control group of 20 patients received no therapy. All patients were evaluated at 1 and 6 months. The percentage of patients who experienced subjective improvement was significantly higher in the treatment group at both 1 month (89\% vs. 10\%) and 6 months (92\% vs. 50\%). Three patients in the treatment group who did not improve after treatment underwent a second maneuver, and all achieved a positive result. In addition, 4 successfully treated patients experienced a recurrence between 1 and 6 months following treatment; 3 were retreated, and 2 of them responded well. We conclude that the Epley maneuver provides effective and long-term control of symptoms in patients with BPPV.}, address = {Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gelre Hospital, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.}, author = {Richard, W. and Bruintjes, T. D. and Oostenbrink, P. and van Leeuwen, R. B.}, citeulike-article-id = {270597}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15742768}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15742768}, issn = {0145-5613}, journal = {Ear Nose Throat J}, keywords = {ent, family\_practice}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {22--25}, posted-at = {2005-08-01 08:35:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Efficacy of the Epley maneuver for posterior canal BPPV: a long-term, controlled study of 81 patients.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15742768}, volume = {84}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:270597 L3 - citeulike-article-id:270597 N2 - We assessed the efficacy of the Epley maneuver (canalith repositioning) in a study of 81 patients with posterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). A group of 61 patients underwent the maneuver, while a control group of 20 patients received no therapy. All patients were evaluated at 1 and 6 months. The percentage of patients who experienced subjective improvement was significantly higher in the treatment group at both 1 month (89% vs. 10%) and 6 months (92% vs. 50%). Three patients in the treatment group who did not improve after treatment underwent a second maneuver, and all achieved a positive result. In addition, 4 successfully treated patients experienced a recurrence between 1 and 6 months following treatment; 3 were retreated, and 2 of them responded well. We conclude that the Epley maneuver provides effective and long-term control of symptoms in patients with BPPV. IS - 1 JF - Ear Nose Throat J SN - 0145-5613 AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gelre Hospital, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. EP - 25 TI - Efficacy of the Epley maneuver for posterior canal BPPV: a long-term, controlled study of 81 patients. VL - 84 SP - 22 KW - ent KW - family_practice AU - Richard, W AU - Bruintjes, TD AU - Oostenbrink, P AU - van Leeuwen, RB PY - 2005/01// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15742768 ER -