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Manuelle Therapie bei zervikaler Dystonie

Manual therapy in cervical dystonia: case report

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Die Diagnostik und Therapie eines Falles von zervikaler Dystonie (Torticollis spasticus), einer zentralen Bewegungsstörung, wird als Beispiel für die funktionelle neurologische Betrachtung und Therapie mit Techniken des neuromuskulären funktionellen Assessments (NFA) dargestellt. Die Diagnostik besteht ausschließlich aus einfachen klinisch-neurologischen Tests, die Therapie beinhaltet chirotherapeutische und funktionell-rehabilitative Maßnahmen. Bereits Carrick [5] publizierte eine Studie zu diesem Krankheitsbild in der Literatur der Applied Kinesiology. Die vorliegende Arbeit belegt, dass die funktionellen neurologischen Modelle, wie sie in der „chiropractic neurology“ angewandt werden, in der praktischen Umsetzung gute klinische Resultate zeitigen. Daher sollte das Augenmerk auf die Verifizierung dieser Modelle mit den modernen Techniken der Neurowissenschaften (fMRT, SPECT etc.) gelegt werden.

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Diagnostics and therapy of a case of cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis), a brain-based movement disorder, are presented as an example of a functional neurological approach with techniques of neuromuscular functional assessment (NFA). The diagnostic tools are exclusively simple clinical neurological tests; the therapy uses chiropractic and functional rehabilitative techniques. Carrick [5] presented a study on this disorder in the literature of applied kinesiology before. This case study demonstrates that the application of functional neurological models used in chiropractic neurology provides rewarding results. Therefore emphasis should be laid on the verification of these models by means of modern techniques of neuroscience (fMRI, SPECT, etc.).

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Garten, H. Manuelle Therapie bei zervikaler Dystonie. Manuelle Medizin 46, 238–244 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00337-008-0618-1

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