Here we explain why BPPV occurs, how to tell which ear ... Hamburger says these professionals can "perform a maneuver called ...

[22] Dix-Hallpike maneuver. Provocation tests for dizziness ... 36 were identified with benign positional vertigo. The Dix-Hallpike had not been performed on any of these patients prior to referral.

BPPV is usually accompanied by nystagmus, a subtle "jumping" of the eyes which can sometimes be seen with a diagnostic test called the Dix-Hallpike maneuver. A test called electronystagmography ...

Additional exam maneuvers can be helpful are ... the head impulse test should be done but the Hallpike should not. With intermittent vertigo, the opposite is true. In the case presented here ...

The APN also evaluated for postural hypotension, which was absent, obtained an EKG that revealed normal sinus rhythm, and performed a Dix-Hallpike maneuver. The Dix-Hallpike revealed positive ...