Smith indicated a normal neurologic examination with negative Romberg test and intact proprioception, reflexes, and light touch sensation, but the Dix-Hallpike maneuver had not been performed.

[22] Dix-Hallpike maneuver. Provocation tests for dizziness often identify dizziness of a vestibular nature and thus rule out the need for a more thorough cardiac work up. The Dix-Hallpike ...

Prof. Lempert and his collaborators, however, showed a few years ago that the modified Epley maneuver is more effective (1). Your recommendation contradicts your own statement in your publications ...

Q: I had such a bad attack of vertigo that my boyfriend drove me to urgent care. The doctor got it to go away by having me lie down and then moving my head around. Why did I have that episode of ...

A positive Hallpike test with such characteristic signs is considered pathognomonic of BPPV2. Once diagnosed, the condition can be treated using the Epley manoeuvre3. This consists of a series of ...

When your doctor manipulated the position of your head, she was using the Epley maneuver. It is named for the physician who pioneered it. The treatment involves a precise rotation of the head ...

Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.

Even Ukrainian forces in the recent Kursk offensive, which used mechanized maneuver to seize nearly 500 miles of Russian territory, are now digging in. Whether in 1914 or 2024, there is a downside ...

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974 ...

As wartime leader of the Union's Women Nurses, Dorothea Dix set a quiet example of indomitable efficiency, impressing even General Sherman. Her standards were so high that many volunteers were ...

Eric Epley is the Executive Director of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) in San Antonio, TX. STRAC serves 22 counties that stretch over 26,000 square miles ...

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