Background: The benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of dizziness among the population. The osteopathy is a practice of manual therapy which is guided by a holistic perspective of human being, the cranial osteopathy affirms that the respective bones of the cranium represent mobility. Objective: To investigate the effect of the cranial osteopathy techniques on the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Methods: The current study included 20 female subjects, each one of them with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, distributed in two groups, an intervention group and a control group (placebo); in order to detect the BPPV, was applied the Dix-Hallpike test before and after the interventions. Three techniques of cranial osteopathy were used on the structures related to vestibule and to the temporal bones: mobilization of temporal bones, tensioning of cerebellar tentorium and mobilization of eyeball. All statistical analyzes were performed using the GraphPad Prism 6.0 software (GraphPad Software, CA).Results: Among the intervention group, 7 of 10 individuals were negative to the Dix-Hallpike test, whilst individuals of the control group remained positive to the test. In the statistical analysis verified that the intervention with osteopathic techniques had a significant effect in compared to the control group, with a value p=0.0261. Conclusion: The cranial osteopathy appears to be able of produce effects on the vestibular activity, whereas were able to reduce, in a significant means, the symptoms concerning to BPPV.
Objetivo: Realizar uma revisão integrativa sobre os efeitos da abordagem osteopática na doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica. Metodos: Estudo seccional e documental, realizado por meio de revisão integrativa da literatura disponível nas bibliotecas virtuais de saúde: National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro); no período de junho a outubro de 2019, através dos seguintes descritores em língua portuguesa e inglesa: Manipulação Osteopática, DPOC e Fisioterapia. Resultados: Foram encontrados 18 estudos potenciais inicialmente, dos quais 7 artigos foram considerados elegíveis para análise qualitativa. Conclusão: a utilização da Osteopatia como método coadjuvante apresenta evidências, embora incipientes, mas que já dão indícios dos seus efeitos na patologia. Dentre eles, estão: melhora da mecânica respiratória e da mobilidade diafragmática, aumento da capacidade de exercícios com diminuição da dispneia, além de efeitos nas variáveis pulmonares como CVF e VEF1, ainda não tão esclarecidos.
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