Clinical observation of post semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo treated with acupuncture at dizzy auditory region plus modified Epley

• Published in: Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ Vol. 36; no. 9; p. 911
• Main Authors: Wang, Yulin, Qin, Xuxu, Liu, Jia, Zhang, Kaiyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 12.09.2016
• Subjects: acupuncture therapy; dizzy auditory region; post semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (PC-BPPV); modified Epley manipulative reduction
• ISSN: 0255-2930
• DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2016.09.004

To compare the effects between acupuncture mainly at dizzy auditory region combined with modified Epley and simple modified Epley for post semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (PC-BPPV). Sixty-seven patients were randomly assigned into an observation group (37 cases) and a control group (30 cases). Modified Epley was used in the two groups, and acupuncture was mainly applied at dizzy auditory region, Baihui (GV 20), emotion region and Taiyang (EX-HN 5) for 2 courses (6 days as a course), once a day. Syndrome scores before and after treatment as well as the effects of the two groups were observed. The total effective rate of the observation group was 91.9% (34/37),which was higher than 83.3% (25/30) of the control group, but there was no statistical significance between the two groups ( >0.05). The syndrome scores were improved apparently after treatment in the two groups (both <0.001), with the better results after 1-course and 2-course treatments in the observation group compared with the