Surveying physical therapists' understanding of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common condition with disabling symptoms that is diagnosed and effectively treated at the bedside. Our encounter with patients experiencing prolonged BPPV who may not have received appropriate physical therapy prompted us to explore barriers to the diagnosis and treatment for BPPV among physical therapists, which has not been extensively investigated. We hypothesize that a potential barrier may be a lack of understanding of subtle symptoms of BPPV that deviate from the classical presentation. The gold standard for diagnosing definite BPPV is subjective dizziness or vertigo with nystagmus in response to positional testing. There are variants of BPPV including subjective BPPV (subjective dizziness or vertigo without nysta

SUBMITTER: Harrell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469676 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature