Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

A Comparative Study on the effectiveness of Epleys Maneuver Over Semont Maneuver in Improving the Quality of Life in Subjects with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

1Post Graduation Student, Master of physiotherapy, Neurology, College of Physiotherapy, SVIMS, Tirupati

2Assistant Professor, College of Physiotherapy, SVIMS, Tirupati

3Professor & Principal, College of Physiotherapy, SVIMS, Tirupati

Online published on 23 January, 2014.

Abstract

To know the efficacy of Epley's maneuver in improving the QOL in subjects with PC-BPPV using DHI and VADL.

To know the efficacy of Semont maneuver in improving the QOL in subjects with PC-BPPV using DHI and VADL.

To know the efficacy of Epley's maneuver over Semont maneuver.

50 subjects with BPPV were randomly divided into two groups, group I received Epley's maneuver (n=25), and group II received Semont maneuver (n=25). Both maneuvers were given therapy with respective procedure for three repetitions per session, one session per day and were given for 5 days in a week for 3 weeks. The questionnaire of DHI and VADL were evaluated on day 1, day 7 and day 21 in both the groups.

After 3 weeks of treatment period, the subjects in group I [Epley's maneuver] had shown statistically significant improvement with the outcome measures at 2.18 F-table value compared with subjects in group II [Semont maneuver].

Epley's maneuver was found to be much effective in improving the quality of life in subjects with PC_BPPV than Semont maneuver.

Keywords

BPPV, DHI, VADLS, Dizziness