- 著者
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重野 浩一郎
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本めまい平衡医学会
- 雑誌
- Equilibrium Research (ISSN:03855716)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.74, no.3, pp.191-198, 2015-06-30 (Released:2015-08-01)
- 参考文献数
- 21
- 被引用文献数
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The healthy-ear-down 135°maneuver (H-135°M) was devised for the treatment of lateral semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) exhibiting paroxysmal geotropic positional nystagmus (geotropic N) and the affected-ear-down 135°maneuver (A-135°M) was devised for the treatment of lateral semicircular canal BPPV exhibiting Persistent apogeotropic positional nystagmus (apogeotropic N). Keeping the head in the healthy-ear-down 135°position could easily force the debris into the utricle. Rolling the head from the affected-ear-down 135°position to the supine position could detach the debris from the canal side of cupula and move it further in the posterior direction. After undergoing one H-135°M, the patients were evaluated with the head roll test the next day. After undergoing one A-135°M, the patients were immediately evaluated with the head roll test. Ninety-five percent (55/58) of patients with geotropic N treated by H-135°M exhibited disappearance of geotropic N, and 5% (3/55) did not. Forty-five patients exhibited complete resolution of nystagmus and 4 patients converted to posterior semicircular canal BPPV. Seventy-one percent (15/21) of patients with apogeotropic N treated with A-135°M converted to geotropic N, and 29% (6/21) did not change. H-135°M and A-135°M had some advantages including easily changing the head and body positions, the treatment could be conducted successively after the head roll test, and treatment could even be performed for patients with cervical spondylosis and obesity. In particular, H-135°M had the advantage of confirming the affected side, as it would have been misdiagnosed if there was vertigo in the healthy-ear-down 135°position. To date, there has been no specific treatment established for apogeotropic N. However, A-135°M can elicit conversion to geotropic N in about 70% of apogeotropic N cases, and H-135°M can bring about good resolution of geotropic N in 95% of geotropic N cases.