Efectividad de la maniobra EPLEY en comparación con la maniobra SEMONT en personas con vértigo posicional paroxistico benigno.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The present article was carried out in order to know the effectiveness of the Epley maneuver in comparison with the Semont maneuver in people with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), it includes aspects related to evaluation and intervention processes in the area of audiology. METHODS: A systematic meta-analytic review was implemented, the method that guided the research was the PRISMA methodology; the PICO strategy for formulating the research question, the QUADAS-2 instrument to assess the risk of bias, the RevMan Manager 5.4.1 program for the metaanalysis and the GRADEpro tool to classify the level of evidence and grade of recommendation. RESULTS:

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articles were located, of which when conducting the literary review, 4 met the criteria established for meta-analysis. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION: The evidence found shows that the effectiveness of the Epley maneuver is that its recovery occurs in a short period of time compared to the Semont maneuver. CONCLUSIONS: The effectiveness of the maneuvers is safe and efficient, with the Epley maneuver being the gold standard for treating BPPV.