Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome

This section is compiled by Frank M. Painter, D.C.
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	Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome Cerebrovasc Dis. 2006; 21 (1-2): 140-1
	What Are the Outcomes of Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome? Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 (Dec); 81 (12): 956
	Pain, Dizziness, and Central Nervous System Blood Flow in Cervical Extension: Vascular Correlations to Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome and Salon Sink Radiculopathy Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2002 (Jun); 81 (6): 395–399 Professional shampoos have previously been implicated in beauty parlor stroke syndrome and salon sink radiculopathy. The purpose of this study was to record pain, dizziness, and cervical blood flow while subjects were specifically placed into the salon sink position and to determine whether an additional cervical support would alter these symptoms and measurements.
	Cervical Vertigo After Hair Shampoo Treatment at a Hairdressing Salon: A Case Report Spine 2000 (Mar 1); 25 (5): 632–634 The authors suggest that the hyperextended neck position during hair shampoo treatment in a beauty parlor may be a risk factor for back lifting or cerebellum vascular insufficiency. Public education should lead to avoidance of this position during hair shampoo treatment at hair dressing salon.
	Salon Sink Radiculopathy: A Case Series Am J Phys Med Rehabil 1999 (Jul–Aug); 78 (4): 381–383 We present two patients with cervical radiculopathy that was significantly exacerbated after the patient's hair had been shampooed in a salon sink; subsequently, these patients required oral administration of steroids. These cases illustrate that patients with suspected or known cervical radiculopathy should be forewarned to avoid this otherwise seemingly innocuous activity.
	Stroke After Visit to the Hairdresser Lancet. 1997 (Dec 13); 350 (9093): 1777-1778
	Vertebrobasilar Disease and Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome Am Fam Physician 1995 (Oct); 52 (5): 1287–1290
	Beauty Parlor Stroke:   The Injuries Continue Geriatrics 1995 (Oct); 50 (10): 14
	Beauty Parlor Stroke:   When a Beautician Becomes a Physician JAMA 1993 (Sep 8); 270 (10): 1198; Discussion 1198–9
	Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome:   Report of Five Cases JAMA 1993 (Apr 28); 269 (16): 2085–2086

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