Effect of Snags Techniques on Heraing Ability Among the Patients With Upper Cervical Dysfunction

Abstract

Background: Cervical spine is the upper most vertebral segment which is responsible for the weight transmissio n of head and brain, the cervical spine is divided into the upper and lower part. Any dysfunction to the cervical spine may lead to the misalignment to the vertebra commonly upper cervical joint complex. Many vital structures travels or passes through the cervical spine/ cervical vertebra / upper cervical joint complex, vertebral artery is the one of the impo rtant structure pass through it. There is a close relationship between the upper cervical (sympathetic) ganglion and C 1-C 2 spinal nerve, any pathological changes or dysfunction of the cervical spine including degeneration of the both disc and vertebra can cause sympathetic nerve irritation which lead to sympathetic symptoms. It may affect the hearing abilit y. The Aim of the study was to investigate the effects of SNAGS techniques on hearing ability among the patients with upper cervical dysfunction. Methodology: 62 subjects participated in the study. Hearing frequency was taken as an outcome measure which was recorded with u-Hearing audiometery app (Pure tone audiometery) prior to SNAGS techniques is given to the patients C 1-C 2 vertebra to the side it was stuck. The hearing frequency was compared with the post intervention hearing frequency. Data was analyzed using graph pad method. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the variable. The paired t-test was done to see the effects of intervention on hearing abilit y /hearing frequency in our study population.