Vertigo is an erroneous perception of movement resulted from the disorder of spatial orientation. The diagnosis and treatment of vertigo is complexand it is urgent to pay more attention on the research in this disease and standardize the management protocol.
Humans ; Vertigo ; diagnosis ; therapy

Humans ; Vertigo ; therapy

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Humans ; Semicircular Canals ; Vertigo

BACKGROUND: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common peripheral vestibular disorder that often resolves spontaneously. It was long believed that the condition was caused by inorganic particles in the cupula of the posterior semicircular canal. Management of this condition includes medication, surgery, physical exercise and more recently particle repositioning maneuvers. Among the various therapies, exercise therapy (ET) reported by Brandt-Daroff was based on the theory of cupulolithiasis and is designed to treat BPPV through dispersion of the debris from the cupula. METHODS: Fifty four patients with BPPV were treated with ET to determine the effectiveness. Fifteen additional patients with BPPV were treated with only medication and served as a control group. RESULT: Forty eight of 54 cases (88.9%) treated with ET showed improvement after 2 weeks. With medication alone, 8 of the 15 cases (53.4%) showed improvement after 2 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: The most important benefit of this maneuver seemed to be more expedient recovery than that with medication alone.
Exercise ; Exercise Therapy* ; Humans ; Semicircular Canals ; Vertigo*

Humans ; Child ; Vertigo/therapy* ; Diagnosis, Differential

Humans ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Neck Injuries ; Vertigo

Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Meniere Disease ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Vertigo ; diagnosis ; therapy

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect difference between needle-knife therapy combined with moxa stick pressure moxibustion and western medicine for cervical vertigo. METHODS: A total of 60 cervical vertigo patients were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The patients in the observation group were treated with needle-knife therapy combined with moxa stick pressure moxibustion at Baihui (GV 20), Shenting (GV 24), Tianzhu (BL 10), Yuzhen (BL 9), Touwei (ST 8), etc. The needle-knife therapy was given once a week, 1-3 times. The pressure moxibustion was given once a day, 6 times a week. The patients in the control group were received 12 mg of betahistine mesylate, twice a day, and 75 mg of diclofenac sodium double release capsule, once daily for oral treatment. The treatment was given for 3 weeks in both groups. The symptom and functional evaluation scale of cervical vertigo were observed before and after treatment and 3 months after treatment. The long-term effect was observed 3 months after treatment. RESULTS: The total effective rate in the observation group was 93.3% (28/30), which was significantly higher than 63.3% (19/30) in the control group (<0.05). Compared with those before treatment, the scores of vertigo symptom and functional evaluation scale, dizziness, neck and shoulder pain, headache, daily life, psychological and social adaptability were increased in the two groups (<0.05, <0.01). Except for a slight decrease in headache and total score at the follow-up period in the observation group, the remaining 4 individual scores were higher than those after treatment (all <0.05). At follow-up, the total score and five individual scores were lower than those after treatment in the control group (<0.05, <0.01). Compared with those in the control group, the vertigo scale scores and the five individual scores in the observation group were increased significantly after treatment and at follow-up (<0.05, <0.01). CONCLUSION Needle-knife therapy combined with moxa stick pressure moxibustion can significantly relieve dizziness, headache, neck and shoulder pain in patients with CV, and can improve the quality of life . The combination therapy are better than western medicine, and have a better long-term effect.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; Quality of Life ; Treatment Outcome ; Vertigo ; therapy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of Yacovino repositioning maneuver in patients with anterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (ASC-BPPV). METHOD: Nine patients were diagnosed as ASC-BPPV from January 2013 to October 2014. All the patients were performed with Yacovino repositioning maneuver and the effective rate were evaluated by Dix-Hallpike tests. RESULT: Among the nine ASC-BPPV patients, 2 cases were successfully controlled by the first maneuver, 2 cases by the second time, and the nystagmus of 1 case was disappeared after 1 months' follow-up. The remaining 3 cases were respectively followed up till 7,8, 12 months with consistent positional downbeat nystagmus. CONCLUSION Being a relative low incidence disease, of ASC-BPPV also has low effective rate after Yacovino repositioning maneuver.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ; therapy ; Humans ; Patient Positioning ; Semicircular Canals ; Vertigo

Introduce Professor Zhang Dao-zong's studies on the Governor Vessel and its academic thought of dredging the Governor Vessel and regulating mentality, and clinical experiences of dredging the Governor Vessel and regulating mentality therapy for apoplexy, epilepsy, vertigo, ankynosing spondylitis, traumatic paraplegia, child Tourette's disease, etc....
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Paraplegia ; Stroke ; Vertigo