Hallpike maneuver
Hallpike maneuver
Neurology A test used to evaluate vertigo–eg, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, by observing nystagmus induced by positional changesMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Hall·pike ma·neu·ver
(hawl'pīk mă-nū'vĕr)Test for vertigo; positive result if rising from a sitting to a standing posture with head tilted to one side causes dizziness and nystagmus.
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Hallpike maneuver
, Hallpike-Dix maneuver (hol'pik) [Charles Skinner Hallpike, neurologist, 1900–1979]
A test performed to diagnose benign positional vertigo. The patient is moved from a sitting position to recumbency with the head tilted down over the end of the bed and turned toward either shoulder. If vertigo develops after a delay of several seconds, the test is subjectively positive. If vertigo is associated with visible nystagmus, it is objectively positive. Vertigo and nystagmus that occur immediately, rather than after a delay, are suggestive of intracranial, rather than labyrinthine, disease.
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