Osteopathic diagnosis and treatment of lumboischialgia caused by impaired proprioception of feet
AUTHORS : Mokhov1 D.E. | Novoseltsev2 S.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : 1Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Osteopathy,
2St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. G. St. Petersburg
YEAR : 2011
RESUME The objective of the research was to determine the role of postural disorders and plantar proprioception in the formation of sciatica. We examined 206 patients aged of 16 to 49 years with the syndrome of sciatica. All patients were performed: medical history, neurological examination, manual testing of the mobility of foot bones, lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum, postural examination, radiography, MRI, stabilographic study. As a result, the selective patients
with sciatica were distributed to 3 experimental groups (EG): EG 1 – no plantar proprioception anomalies (n = 154), EG 2 – with abnormal plantar proprioception (n = 52). EG 2 was divided into 2 subgroups: EG 2a – the main group (n = 32) which complex treatment included manual (osteopathic) technique correction of position and mobility of plantar bones. EG 2b (n = 20) – the control group of patients without correction of position and mobility of the plantar bones.