Margaret Dix, Charles Hallpike and the 'Lagerungs' Manoeuvre

The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagmus for th...

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Published inArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 76; no. 8; pp. 563 - 565
Main Authors Maranhão-Filho, Péricles, Nandi, Raj, Maranhão, Eliana T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 01.08.2018
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
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Charles S. Hallpike
Dix
Hallpike
History, 20th Century
Lithiasis
Lithiasis - diagnosis
Lithiasis - history
litíase vestibular
London
Margaret R. Dix
NEUROSCIENCES
Neurotology - history
Nystagmus
Otology
Patient Positioning - history
Patient Positioning - methods
PSYCHIATRY
Semicircular canals
Skin
Vestibular Diseases - diagnosis
Vestibular Diseases - history
Vestibular Diseases - therapy
Vestibular system
London
vestibulolithiasis
litíase vestibular
Margaret R. Dix
Charles S. Hallpike
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Summary:The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagmus for the diagnosis of lithiasis in the vestibular posterior semicircular canal.
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ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
1678-4227
DOI:10.1590/0004-282x20180075