Clinical efficacy of otolith-repositioning maneuver combined with medical treatment on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the elderly patients / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the value of otolith-repositioning maneuver combined with medical treatment on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the elderly patients.Methods 176 elderly people who suffered from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo were randomly divided into observation group and control group (n=88,each).All patients were treated with basal medicine treatment and compulsive position for 21 days,and patients in the observation group were treated with otolith repositioning maneuver added on the basis.The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions were observed and compared between the two groups after treatment.Results The curative rate and effective rate were higher in observation group than in control group at 2,3 weeks after treatment [50.0％ (44/88) vs.11.4％ (10/88),70.5％ (62/88) vs.47.7％ (42/88),77.3％ (68/88) vs.29.5％ (26/88),93.2％ (82/88) vs.86.4％ (76/88),x2 =37.32,73.32,37.32,53.43,respectively,all P＜0.05].Dizziness combined with nausea and vomiting,and walking instability were both found in the two groups,which had no statistical difference (x2 =3.25,P＞0.05).Patients in observation group developed arrhythmia and Tumarkin otolith crisis after treatment.The transfer rate of surgery was lower in observation group than in control group (x2 =45.43,P＜0.01).Conclusions Otolith-repositioning maneuver combined with medical treatment have good clinical effect and safety on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the elderly.