Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT, DPT, NCS and special guest Dr. Francisco Carlos Zuma e Mia, MD, PhD as they discuss the use of the Zuma Maneuver in lateral canal BPPV and answer viewer-submitted questions.
Dr. Zuma e Maia is a Neurotologist at Clinica Maia and a professor of Neurology at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. He is also a member of the Barany Society, Ibero-American Neurotology Foundation (FINO), Brazilian Academy of Military Medicine, and the Research Group in Otology and Otoneurology at HCPA/CPPq. He received his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro in 1973 specializing in Otorhinolaryngology and Otoneurology. He is a retired medical Lieutenant Colonel
in the Brazilian Air Force. He has authored multiple books and articles and in 2016, Dr. Zuma developed the Zuma Maneuver for horizonal canal BPPV.
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Three‐dimensional simulations of six treatment maneuvers for horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo canalithiasis
Authors
Bhandari, A., Bhandari, R., Kingma, H., Zuma e Maia, F., & Strupp, M.
Citation
Bhandari, A., Bhandari, R., Kingma, H., Zuma e Maia, F., & Strupp, M. (2021). Three‐dimensional simulations of six treatment maneuvers for horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo canalithiasis. European Journal of Neurology, 28(12), 4178–4183. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15044
Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT, DPT, NCS and special guest Dr. Francisco Carlos Zuma e Mia, MD, PhD as they discuss the use of the Zuma Maneuver in lateral canal BPPV and answer viewer-submitted questions.
Dr. Zuma e Maia is a Neurotologist at Clinica Maia and a professor of Neurology at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. He is also a member of the Barany Society, Ibero-American Neurotology Foundation (FINO), Brazilian Academy of Military Medicine, and the Research Group in Otology and Otoneurology at HCPA/CPPq. He received his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro in 1973 specializing in Otorhinolaryngology and Otoneurology. He is a retired medical Lieutenant Colonel
in the Brazilian Air Force. He has authored multiple books and articles and in 2016, Dr. Zuma developed the Zuma Maneuver for horizonal canal BPPV.
Guests
Dr. Francisco Carlos Zuma e Mia, MD, PhD
Title
Three‐dimensional simulations of six treatment maneuvers for horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo canalithiasis
Authors
Bhandari, A., Bhandari, R., Kingma, H., Zuma e Maia, F., & Strupp, M.
Citation
Bhandari, A., Bhandari, R., Kingma, H., Zuma e Maia, F., & Strupp, M. (2021). Three‐dimensional simulations of six treatment maneuvers for horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo canalithiasis. European Journal of Neurology, 28(12), 4178–4183. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15044
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