Effects of Half-Somersault and Brandt-Daroff exercise on dizziness, fear of fall and quality of life in patients with posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a randomised control trial Authors Muhammad Jaffar Department of Allied Health Sciences, Iqra National University, Peshawar, Pakistan Misbah Ghous Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan Mahnoor Ayaz Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan Amir Afzal Khan Department of Allied Health Sciences, Iqra National University, Peshawar, Pakistan Asif Akbar Department of Physiotherapy, District Headquarter Hospital, Landikotal, Pakistan Farhan Haleem Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3333 Abstract The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Half-Somersault and Brandt-Daroff exercises on dizziness, fear of fall, and quality of life in patients with posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (PC-BPPV). This study was conducted from July 2020 to November 2020. A total of 20 patients were enrolled in the study, through sealed envelope method, and assigned to two groups, A and B (10 in each). Vestibular activity and participation measure and Fall Efficacy Scale (FES) were used. The mean age of the patients was 36.70±11.58 years. There was a significant (p=0.05) difference between the Vestibular activities and participation measure (VAP) score at post intervention and Fall Efficacy Scale (FES) (p<0.05) between the groups. Within group analysis showed significant results (p=0.01). This study concluded that both manoeuvers are significantly effective in the treatment of PC-BPPV, but patients treated with Brandt-Daroff exercises reported more improvement in terms of quality of life and residual dizziness compared to the Half Somersault group. Key words: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, dizziness, vestibular rehabilitation. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-12-15 How to Cite Muhammad Jaffar, Misbah Ghous, Mahnoor Ayaz, Amir Afzal Khan, Asif Akbar, & Farhan Haleem. (2022). Effects of Half-Somersault and Brandt-Daroff exercise on dizziness, fear of fall and quality of life in patients with posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a randomised control trial. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(1), 139–142. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3333 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 1 (2023): JANUARY Section ORIGINAL ARTICLE License Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.