Hallpike maneuver

Hallpike maneuver

Neurology A test used to evaluate vertigo–eg, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, by observing nystagmus induced by positional changes

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.

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.
See: benign positional vertigo
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The diagnosis is based on findings of typical positional rotatory nystagmus provoked by the head-hanging position (Hallpike maneuver) [2] and the observation of certain characteristic features, including a brief latency (usually 1 to 5 sec), limited duration (usually [greater than]30 sec), reversal on assuming an upright position, and a fatiguing of the response on repeat testing.
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