Manobra de epley na vertigem posicional paroxística benigna: relato de série de casos

introduction: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is probably the most common vertigo cause in women. objective: to mention the epley manouvre in patients treatment benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. method: study of several longitudinabnths of 05 individuals of female gender with age between 46 and 64 years old, with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, submitted to epley manouvre, in school clinic, having as inclusion criterion the positive dix-halpike manouvre in first session being reevaluated in a given period of time of 06 to 09 months. results: just one epley manouvre, as a single therapeutic procedure, was sufficient to abolish the nystagmus and the positioning vertigo in 04 patients that did not present the positive dix-halpike manouvre in the 02 effected reevaluations. just one patient presented again the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the first reevaluation of study cycle, having the nystagmus recurrence only in the second evaluation. conclusion: the repositioning of epley manouvre showed to be a method treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo simple and efficient in the course of studied patients.