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Trial reportEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2017

A safe-repositioning maneuver for the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Gans vs. Epley maneuver; a randomized comparative clinical trial.

Alia Saberi, Shadman Nemati, Salah Sabnan, Fatemeh Mollahoseini, Ehsan Kazemnejad

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Gans repositioning maneuver for the posterior canal BPPV patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
    Pooled it
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  4. Gans repositioning maneuver in treating posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
    Review
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  6. "Gans repositioning maneuver is the original one" in "Gans repositioning maneuver for the posterior canal BPPV patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis".European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  7. Comparative Efficacy of Epley, Semont and Gans Maneuver in Treating Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
    Article
  8. A note about the paper by Deepika Joshi et al. "Gans repositioning maneuver for the posterior canal BPPV patients: systematic review and meta‑analysis". European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-022-07396-6.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  9. Epley Maneuver Versus Gans Repositioning Maneuver in Treating Posterior Canal BPPV and Familial Incidence of BPPV: Protocol for A Randomized Controlled Trial.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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  10. The Effect of Modified Epley Maneuver Implementation on the Anxiety and Comfort Levels of Patients with Posterior Canal Bening Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Prospective Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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  11. An Effective Home-Based Particle Repositioning Procedure for Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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  14. "A safe-repositioning maneuver for the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Gans vs. Epley maneuver; a randomized comparative clinical trial": something else about Gans maneuver.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alia SaberiNeurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran.
Shadman NematiRino-sinus Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran. drshadmannemati_ent@yahoo.com.
Salah SabnanOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Fatemeh MollahoseiniNeurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran.
Ehsan KazemnejadBiostatistics Department, Faculty of Nursery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Guilan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of peripheral vertigo. Some repositioning maneuvers have been described for its management. The aim of this study was comparing the therapeutic effect of Epley and Gans maneuvers in BPPV. This randomized clinical trial was performed from September to December 2015. 73 patients with true vertigo diagnosed as BPPV enrolled the study. They randomly assigned in quadripartite blocks to modified Epley maneuver group (E) or Gans maneuver group (G). 1 day and 1 week after intervention, the objective and subjective responses to treatment were assessed. Statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square test and regression model in the SPSS software version 21. Thirty patients enrolled each group with a mean age of 46.9 ± 13.4 (E group) and 46.7 ± 7.5 year (G group). 23.3 % of E group and 26.7 % of G group were men (p = 0.766). In E and G groups in the first day, subjective outcomes revealed 86.7 and 60 % rate of success (p = 0.02); and 86.7 and 56.7 % of patients exhibited objective improvement, respectively (p = 0.01). After 1 week, the subjective and objective outcomes revealed improvement among 70 % of E group and 46.7 % of G group (p = 0.067). The only complication with significant difference was cervical pain with a higher rate in E group (23.3 vs. 0.0 %, p = 0.005). These results revealed the similar long-term efficacy of Epley and Gans maneuver for the treatment of BPPV. Cervical pain was most frequent complication of Epley maneuver.

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AdultBenign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeck PainPatient PositioningPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPostureTreatment OutcomeVertigoBenign paroxysmal positional vertigoComplicationEfficacyEpley maneuverGans maneuverRepositioning maneuver

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