{"id":4427,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/sidelyingtest\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:44:18","slug":"sidelyingtest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/audiology\/bppvbenignparoxysmalpositionalvertigo\/sidelyingtest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidelying Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u200bThis is useful for patients who find lying on their back uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patients:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>are asked to sit sideways in the middle of the examination couch with their legs hanging off one side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>should then turn their head 45 degrees to one side and to lie down on other side so they are looking obliquely toward the ceiling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>need to maintain this for 30 seconds and their eyes are observed for nystagmus as per the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/hallpiketest\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/hallpiketest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hallpike test<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are then sat up and the same process is repeated for the other side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NHS Lothian videos on the Sidelying test can be found here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/562704241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Right Sidelying test.MOV<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/562703312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Left Sidelying test.MOV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the event of a positive Sidelying test an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/epleymanoeuvre\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/epleymanoeuvre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Epley manoeuvre<\/a>&nbsp;should ideally be performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C.M &amp; R.R &#8211; 08-04-26<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8203;This is useful for patients who find lying on their back uncomfortable. Patients: NHS Lothian videos on the Sidelying test can be found here:&nbsp;&nbsp;Right Sidelying test.MOV&nbsp;and Left Sidelying test.MOV In the event of a positive Sidelying test an&nbsp;Epley manoeuvre&nbsp;should ideally be performed. C.M &amp; R.R &ndash; 08-04-26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3721,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"class_list":["post-4427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-sidelying-test"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/category\/audiology\/bppv-benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo\/sidelying-test\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sidelying Test<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"&#8203;This is useful for patients who find lying on their back uncomfortable. Patients: NHS Lothian videos on the Sidelying test can be found here:&nbsp;&nbsp;Right Sidelying test.MOV&nbsp;and Left Sidelying test.MOV In the event of a positive Sidelying test an&nbsp;Epley manoeuvre&nbsp;should ideally be performed. C.M &amp; R.R &ndash; 08-04-26","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4427"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27594,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4427\/revisions\/27594"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}