Canalicular repositioning techniques with greater effectiveness in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo Técnicas reposicionamiento canalicular con mayor efectividad en el vértigo posicional paroxístico benigno

Abstract

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is one of the most common and consulted diagnoses in the clinical practice of vertigo pathologies, therefore, the purpose of this article is to describe the Canalicular repositioning techniques most used by expert Audiologists in vestibular rehabilitation specifically for the most prevalent semicircular canals that are affected in this pathology, which are the posterior semicircular canal and the horizontal semicircular canal, in contrast to the most effective techniques reported in the literature. The above, based on the application of a survey and review of specialized literature through a qualitative approach methodology with descriptive scope, twelve Audiologists specialized in vestibular rehabilitation were surveyed by means of the snowball technique.

As for the review of scientific literature, publications of the last five years of specialized databases were taken into account, selecting fifteen articles according to the inclusion criteria, obtaining as a result that currently there is correspondence between the techniques recommended in the literature and those applied in audiological practice.