Influence of Manual Manipulations on Reversal Ability of Skull Space in Patients with Vertigo
- Author:
Jun HU
;
Jiarong WU
;
Guoqi HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Vertigo;
Tuina;
Massage
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2004;2(4):41-43
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Purpose: To study the influence of the manual manipulations on the reversal ability of the skull space in the patients with vertigo due to proprioceptive disturbance of the neck. Methods: By motor surveyor of skull three-dimensional space, the changes in the reversal ability of the skull space before and after the treatments with manual manipulations were observed in 72 cases of the patients with vertigo due to proprioceptive disturbance of the neck. Besides, 51 cases of vertigo due to insufficient blood supply of the cervical artery and 138 normal adults were selected as the control group. Results:After the treatments with manual manipulations, the deviation degree of the skull space in the three motor axes were all obviously decreased in the proprioceptive group, more obviously in the flexing and extending direction. The deviation degree of the skull space was also decreased in the ischemic group in the flexing and extending direction. Conclusion: Manual manipulations have the instant function to improve the proprioceptive function of the neck, and the factor of the proprioceptive disturbance also exists in the clinical onset of vertigo in pattern of insufficient blood supply of the cervical artery.
