Original title: (Suboccipital region: Findings of empirical studies regarding local interventions - A narrative review)


Osteopathische Medizin, 2019/03, 20(1):27-31. doi: 10.1016/s1615-9071(19)30014-0, type of study: ,rev,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

suboccipital region [4]
cervical spine [320]
suboccipital muscle inhibition [2]
cervical manipulation [6]
cervical mobilisation [1]
review [753]

Abstract:

The neurologic, vascular and biomechanic complexity of the suboccipital region (SOR) represents a challenge for every osteopathic clinical reasoning. T ere are numerous techniques to examine and treat this area and to determine somatic dysfunctions, exclude contraindications and assesses dysfunctional chains in the human body. Thus, empiric scientific research was taken in the last years to evaluate the eff ects of local, manual interventions. This narrative review gives an overview of results of the latest research and describes potential manual eff ects. Online-research was performed on Pubmed, Google-Scholar and the Osteopathic Medical Digital Repository – Ostmed.dr.