Medicine:Cawthorne-Cooksey exercises

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Cawthorne-Cooksey exercises are exercises described in the 1940s to treat soldiers who had suffered injuries that resulted in balance problems during the war.[1] It forms the basis of the Epley maneuver which is the modern treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cohen HS (February 2006). "Disability and rehabilitation in the dizzy patient". Curr. Opin. Neurol. 19 (1): 49–54. PMID 16415677.