Pain and other symptoms in patients with chronic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Pain and other symptoms in patients with chronic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Highlights • Chronic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is associated with pain. • Most chronic BPPV patients in the present study have neck pain (87%), headache (75%), or widespread musculoskeletal pain (40%). • Most chronic BPPV patients in the present study have fatigue (85%), visual (84...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian journal of pain 2013-10, Vol.4 (4), p.233-240
Hauptverfasser: Iglebekk, Wenche, Tjell, Carsten, Borenstein, Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Dizziness
Fatigue
Internal Medicine
Pain
Pain Medicine
Paroxysmal positional
Vertigo
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Chronic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is associated with pain. • Most chronic BPPV patients in the present study have neck pain (87%), headache (75%), or widespread musculoskeletal pain (40%). • Most chronic BPPV patients in the present study have fatigue (85%), visual (84%), and cognitive (81%) disturbances. • The Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI)-questionnaire can be a useful tool in identifying treatable balance disorders with pain.
ISSN:1877-8860
1877-8879
1877-8879
DOI:10.1016/j.sjpain.2013.06.004