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Dix-Hallpike manoeuvre

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A test to determine whether vertigo is triggered by certain head movements. The test is performed by making the patient undergo a rapid change from the erect sitting position to a supine position with the head hanging over the edge of the examining table to the left, right or center. A positive test is present when paroxysmal nystagmus is induced after a delay of about ten seconds.

Bibliography

  • R. Bárány:
    Diagnose von des Cocklear und Vestibularapparates.
    In: Max Lewandowsky (1876-1918), editor: Handbuch der Neurologie. Volume 1, part 2. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1910: 919-958.
  • R. Bárány:
    Diagnose von Krankheitserscheinungen im Bereiche des Otolithenapparates.
    Acta oto-laryngologica, Stockholm, 1921, 2: 434-237.
  • M. R. Dix and C. S. Hallpike:
    The pathology, symptomatology and diagnosis of certain common disorders of the vestibular system. The Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, December 1952, 61 (4): 987-1016.
  • Carl-Olof Nylen:
    Position nystagmus. A review of future prospects.
    The Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 1950, 64: 395-418.

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