Dix-Hallpike maneuver

Dix-Hallpike maneuver
a test for benign positional vertigo: the examiner turns the head of the seated patient to one side and pulls the patient backwards into a supine position with the head hanging over the edge of the examining table; the patient then looks straight ahead and the examiner observes for positional nystagmus, which is indicative of benign positional vertigo. Called also Dix-Hallpike test and Hallpike m.

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