Handout for clinicians
Modified Yacovino Maneuver with head hang
Enhance your vestibular rehabilitation practice with our Modified Yacovino Maneuver PDF guide, designed for healthcare professionals. This user-friendly resource provides clear, step-by-step instructions to help you and your patients perform the Modified Yacovino Maneuver safely and effectively.
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Modified Yacovino Maneuver with Head Hang PDF for Anterior Canal or Atypical BPPV
The Modified Yacovino Maneuver is a canalith repositioning technique used to treat anterior canal BPPV and select atypical BPPV presentations. It is designed to reposition displaced otoconia within the semicircular canals, reducing vertigo and improving balance. This maneuver is relatively simple to perform and can be incorporated into clinical management when findings suggest anterior canal or atypical BPPV involvement.
- Step 1: Start the patient in long-sitting looking straight ahead, head in midline.
- Step 2: Assist the patient into supine, achieving at least 30 deg of neck extension while keeping the head in midline. Hold this position for 30 seconds.
- Step 3: Keeping the head in midline, return the patient to an upright seated position, looking straight ahead (neutral head position). Hold this position for 30 seconds.
- Step 4: Complete the maneuver by forward flexing the neck 45 degrees (or lean their body forward to achieve this degree of flexion if neck range of motion into flexion is limited). Hold this position for 30 seconds.
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