Doctors use the Dix-Hallpike test (sometimes called the Dix-Hallpike maneuver) to check for a common type of vertigo called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. Vertigo is the sudden feeling ...

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York The most ...

The Dix-Hallpike maneuver remains the gold standard for diagnosing posterior canal BPPV. A positive test requires that vertigo associated with torsional (rotatory) and up-beating (toward the forehead) ...

Two simple head-movement techniques can be used to identify patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), the most common equilibrium-related disorder in adults. BPPV, which can be traced ...

Dizziness is a nonspecific term that refers to various abnormal sensations of body orientation in space; patients often find these sensations difficult to describe. The prevalence of dizziness in the ...